| Scientific Name: | Rubus armeniacus |
| Common Name: | Himalayan blackberry |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Invasive plant, Semi-evergreen, Vine or climber, Weed (horticultural) |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Spreading |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Security/barrier, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Prickly, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Digitate (palmate), Ovate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, May-Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Drupe, Edible, Black, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Invasive, scandent weed; stems have large prickles and those laying on ground can root at nodes; leaves alternate, pinnately compound, leaflets 3-5, ovate-oblong, most 5-12(-15)cm long x 3-6(-10)cm wide (terminal leaflet blade is the largest and has a petiolule up to 6cm long), with prickles on rachis and petiolules, base rounded to slightly cordate, margin serrate; cymes of fragrant flowers ~4cm wide, 5 white petals, multiple simple pistils; fruit an aggregate of drupelets, red maturing black, 1-2cm long. | |