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Boulay's Bramble - Rubus boulayi

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Boulay's Bramble Boulay's Bramble - Rubus boulayi dylan South Gloucester 11 Jun 2024, 3:25 p.m. 9 Jun 2024, 2:06 p.m.
Boulay's Bramble Boulay's Bramble - Rubus boulayi dylan South Gloucester 11 Jun 2024, 3:25 p.m. 9 Jun 2024, 2:06 p.m.
Boulay's Bramble Boulay's Bramble - Rubus boulayi dylan South Gloucester 11 Jun 2024, 3:25 p.m. 9 Jun 2024, 2:07 p.m.
Boulay's Bramble Boulay's Bramble - Rubus boulayi dylan South Gloucester 11 Jun 2024, 3:25 p.m. 9 Jun 2024, 2:09 p.m.
Boulay's Bramble Boulay's Bramble - Rubus boulayi dylan South Gloucester 11 Jun 2024, 3:25 p.m. 9 Jun 2024, 2:09 p.m.
Boulay's Bramble Boulay's Bramble - Rubus boulayi dylan South Gloucester 11 Jun 2024, 3:25 p.m. 9 Jun 2024, 2:11 p.m.

Species Description

Nickname Rubus 'Bradley Stoke' for now.

Ser. rhamnifolii

Watson p. 31 - Ser. ii. Calvescentes or Ser. iii. Piletosi Subser. Macrophylli.

R. leptothyrsos (danicus)?, R. macrophyllus.

Apparently now called Rubus postumus.

Looks quite like R. castrensis according to this iNaturalistUK.

Rubi of Great Britain and Ireland:

Robust, slightly glandular. Stem very obtuse-angled, striate, glabrescent, with some pricklets becoming brownish and dull purple; prickles numerous, strong-based, subulate, scattered round the stem; leaflets 5, entire-based, glabrous above, pubescent to greyish felted beneath, serrulate or serrate-dentate, terminal leaflet elliptic-obovate, cuspidate. Panicle long, leafy, narrow, interrupted below, branches short, deeply divided, semi-erect; all leaflets obovate-subcuneate, finely serrate-dentate, prickles numerous. Flowers white or tinged pink. Calyx closely white felted and pubescent, slightly glandular. Carpels pilose. Receptacle pilose.

Useful Links:

Brambles of the British Isles

Kew (as R. postumus)

GBIF (as R. postumus)

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