*Rubus niveus* Thunb., Rubo 9, f. 3 9, 1813
syn: *Rubus lasiocarpus* Smith; *R. foliosus* D. Don
A large spreading shrub distinguished from other species of Rubus by its
pinnate compound leaves with usually 5-11 leaflets and pink flowers; stem
and branches sometimes turning purplish, slightly hairy; leaflets elliptic,
ovate to ovate-lanceolate, toothed, terminal often larger and lobed, upper
surface green, lower white hairy; flowers 9-12 mm across in panicles; calyx
hairy, petals pink slightly shorter to almost as long as calyx lobes; fruit
initially pink finally maturing to black and glaucous.
Photographed from Nainital in April in flower and Kashmir in July in Fruit.
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Gurcharan Singh
