Common name:
Dewberry
Family:
Scientific name:
Rubus caesius
Main flower color:
Range:
Wales, Ireland and England
Height:
Up to 10 cm
Habitat:
Damp woodland, fens, heaths, grassland, often on calcareous soils
Flowers:
Up to 25 mm in diameter, with five white petals and five green sepals, which, like the pedicels, are sparsely to densely covered by silky hairs and reddish bristles
Fruit:
Bluish-purple berries formed of a relatively small number (fewer than 20) of segments
Leaves:
Trifoliate; three toothed, ovate leaflets, downy underneath, long-stalked, on creeping stems quite densely covered by relatively weak prickles of different lengths
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
