| Scientific Name: | Rubus rolfei 'Emerald Carpet' |
| Common Name: | Formosan Carpet rubus, creeping Taiwan bramble |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Ground cover, Group or mass planting |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Leathery, Palmate venation, Lustrous, Rugose, Pubescent, Orbicular, Ovate, Crenate, Palmately lobed, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Jul-Sep |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Drupe, Edible, Orange, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Low spreading evergreen ground cover; leaves 3-5 lobed, orbicular, most 3-5cm wide, very rugose (wrinkled), dark green with greyish, slightly pubescent undersides. | |