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Rubus thibetanus

Rubus thibetanus
Photo: Daderot, Public domain
Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Tibet to C. China
Climate
temperate

About

Rubus thibetanus, sometimes known as ghost bramble, is a deciduous species of bramble.

Where it grows

The species is native to western China, where it is found in Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Xizang (Tibet) provinces at altitudes of 900–2,100 m (3,000–6,900 ft), usually in dry areas in ravines, thickets, ditches, and on the edges of forests.

Uses

In cultivation in the UK, Rubus thibetanus has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Rubus plants

Bundy Blackberry · Garden dewberry · Thorny dewberry · Windham County Blackberry · Rubus adenophorus · Tropical Highland Blackberry · Peaty dewberry · Alaska blackberry · Allegheny blackberry · Rubus alnifolius · Rubus alpinus · Maine dewberry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rubus thibetanus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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