Rubus setosus

Botanical Description

Rubus setosus is a deciduous shrub, producing each year a cluster of erect to arching (rarely creeping), slender, prickly, biennial stems from a woody rootstock; the plant is usually 20 - 100cm tall, occasionally to 150cm[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The stems only produce leaves, and do not flower, in their first year of growth; forming flowering branches in their second year and then dying after fruiting. The stems do not form roots at their nodes or their tips[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.