Family |
Rosaceae
Rubus × collinus
DC.
Rubus × collinus DC.
(Catalogue Plantarum Horti Monspeliensis: 139, 1813)
• Life-form & habit: Perennial bramble, shrub with arching or scrambling stems (canes) 1–3 m long, rooting at the tips; stems angular, often reddish, bearing numerous curved prickles.
• Leaves: Imparipinnate, usually with 3–5 leaflets; leaflets ovate, coarsely serrate, green above, paler and softly pubescent beneath; terminal leaflet often larger, cordate at base, acuminate at apex. Stipules linear, persistent.
• Inflorescence & flowers: Terminal and axillary panicles or corymbs, lax, many-flowered. Flowers 2–3 cm wide, pink to whitish, pedicellate. Calyx lobes lanceolate, reflexed in fruit; petals obovate. Stamens numerous, surrounding a conical receptacle.
• Fruit: Aggregate of drupelets (blackberry), globose, black and shining at maturity, sweet but somewhat acid.
• Phenology: Flowers May–July; fruits ripen July–September.
• Habitat & elevation: Hedgerows, forest edges, clearings, moist thickets, degraded woodlands, and montane slopes; from lowlands to c. 1,500 m.
• Lebanese distribution: Documented by Tohmé & Tohmé from Qammoua, Miriata, Tannourine, Yahchouch, Mayrouba, Kfardebiane, and Kfarhouneh; occurring in degraded woodland habitats.
• Native range: Italy, Lebanon–Syria, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe. (POWO)