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Slender-spined Pramble - Rubus elegantispinosus

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Slender-spined Pramble Slender-spined Pramble - Rubus elegantispinosus dylan Norfolk 17 Feb 2026, 12:10 a.m. 4 Jul 2025, 1:13 p.m.
Slender-spined Pramble Slender-spined Pramble - Rubus elegantispinosus dylan Norfolk 17 Feb 2026, 12:10 a.m. 4 Jul 2025, 1:13 p.m.
Slender-spined Pramble Slender-spined Pramble - Rubus elegantispinosus dylan Norfolk 17 Feb 2026, 12:10 a.m. 4 Jul 2025, 1:14 p.m.
Slender-spined Pramble Slender-spined Pramble - Rubus elegantispinosus dylan Norfolk 17 Feb 2026, 12:10 a.m. 4 Jul 2025, 1:14 p.m.
Slender-spined Pramble Slender-spined Pramble - Rubus elegantispinosus dylan Norfolk 17 Feb 2026, 12:10 a.m. 4 Jul 2025, 1:14 p.m.
Slender-spined Pramble Slender-spined Pramble - Rubus elegantispinosus dylan Norfolk 17 Feb 2026, 12:10 a.m. 4 Jul 2025, 1:14 p.m.

Species Description

Widespread throughout the UK but most concentrated in northern England and around east-central Scotland. It is considered to be an introduction though it is native in France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands and some populations could easily be natural colonists. Other names include: Elegant-spined Bramble.

Useful Links:

Brambles of the British Isles

British Wild Flowers

Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora

Pl@ntNet (most photos are wrong)

iNaturalist

Kew

GBIF

NBN