Rubus canescens

الوصف النباتي

الأوراق

Leaves: Palmately compound with 3–5 leaflets; leaflets ovate to obovate, 3–6 × 2–4 cm, irregularly serrate, apex acute; upper surface green and slightly rugose, underside densely canescent to whitish-tomentose. Petiole and rachis prickly; stipules linear-lanceolate.

الأزهار

Inflorescence & flowers: Terminal or axillary racemes or panicles of 5–20 flowers on short, pubescent pedicels. Calyx lobes triangular, reflexed after anthesis. Petals obovate, white to pale pink, 6–8 mm long. Stamens numerous; styles free, surrounded by a hairy torus.

الثمار والبذور

Fruit: Aggregate of numerous small druplets forming a blackish-purple berry (fruit of commerce “blackberry”), 1–1.5 cm in diameter, juicy but often slightly astringent.

مواسم النبات

الفنلوجية

Phenology: Flowers from April to June; fruits ripen from June to August.

الانتشار الموثق

Lebanese distribution: Recorded by Mouterde from Mount Lebanon and the Beqaa — especially Barouk, Falougha, Dahr el-Baïdar, and Zahlé; also observed in the humid valleys of northern Lebanon (Bsharré and Ehden).

Native range: Mediterranean and Western Asiatic region — widespread from southern Europe and the Aegean to the Levant and western Iran; locally common in Lebanon and Syria.

الارتفاع الموثق

الارتفاع

600 m

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

Life-form & habit: Deciduous shrub with arching or trailing stems (canes) 1–3 m long, rooting at the tips when in contact with the soil. Stems angled, densely covered with fine greyish hairs and numerous slender, slightly curved prickles — giving the plant its characteristic greyish aspect.

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي كما ورد

Rubus canescens

الفصيلة

وردية

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