''Rubus vestitus'' is a European species of

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).Altervista Flora Italiana, ''Rubus vestitus'' Weihe
includes photo, drawings, European distribution map ''Rubus vestitus'' is a spiny shrub sometimes as much as 2 meters (80 inches) tall. Leaves are palmately compound with 3 or 5 leaflets, each leaflet wide, almost round, with a pointed tip and with teeth along the edges. Flowers are pink or magenta. Fruits are very dark, nearly black. ''Rubus vestitus'' is one of the most common species of bramble in the British Isles, found in most vice-counties, apart from the far North. Its preference for neutral to slightly alkaline soils places it among a minority of European ''Rubus''.Edees & Newton, London. Brambles of the British Isles.(1988)

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photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden
* vestitus Berries Plants described in 1825 Flora of Europe {{rubus-stub