Rosaceae
European blackberry
Rubus vestitus
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rubus
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Common names
By language (5)
- Czech
- Ostružiník hustochlupý
- English
- European blackberry
- German
- Samt-Brombeere
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fløyelsbjørnebær
- Swedish
- Rundbladsbjörnbär
Synonyms
- Rubus callosus var. vestitus (Weihe) Dumort.
- Rubus debilitatus Foerster
- Rubus debilitatus A.Först.
- Rubus discolor var. vestitus (Weihe) Fisch.-Oost.
- Rubus diversifolius Lindl.
- Rubus dumetorum var. diversifolius (Lindl. ex Lees) F.Towns.
- Rubus dumetorum var. diversifolius Warren
- Rubus fruticosus G.N.Jones
- Rubus fruticosus subsp. diversifolius (Lindl. ex Lees) Syme
- Rubus fruticosus var. vestitus (Weihe) Syme
- Rubus glandulosus var. vestitus (Weihe) Wirtg.
- Rubus hirsutus Weihe ex Steud.
- Rubus lanatus Focke
- Rubus leucanthemus P.J.Müll.
- Rubus leucostachys var. vestitus (Weihe) T.B.Salter
- Rubus radula var. vestitus (Weihe) Sendtn.
- Rubus vestitus f. albiflorus G.Braun ex Kretzer
- Rubus vestitus f. apricus Schmidely ex Boulay
- Rubus vestitus f. leucanthemus (P.J.Müll.) R.Keller
- Rubus vestitus f. parvifolius Gelert
- Rubus vestitus f. pullus G.Braun
- Rubus vestitus f. silvaticus Wirtg.
- Rubus vestitus f. umbrosa Auersw. ex Wirtg.
- Rubus vestitus f. umbrosus Schmidely ex Boulay
- Rubus vestitus subsp. insidiosus Lefèvre ex Boulay
- Rubus vestitus subsp. leucanthemus (P.J.Müll.) Ade
- Rubus vestitus subsp. leucanthemus (P.J.Müll.) Domin
- Rubus vestitus subsp. leucotrichus Sudre
- Rubus vestitus subsp. perconspicuus (Sudre) Sudre
- Rubus vestitus subsp. pervestitus (Borbás) Domin
- Rubus vestitus subsp. teretiusculus (Kaltenb.) Nyman
- Rubus vestitus var. albiflorus Boulay
- Rubus vestitus var. chloroscarythrus E.H.L.Krause
- Rubus vestitus var. courtoisianus (Lej.) Godr.
- Rubus vestitus var. diversifolius Lindl. ex Lees
- Rubus vestitus var. eglandulosus Halácsy & Heinr.Braun
- Rubus vestitus var. genuinus Godr.
- Rubus vestitus var. grandifolius Kük.
- Rubus vestitus var. humifusus Wirtg.
- Rubus vestitus var. leucanthemus (P.J.Müll.) Boulay
and 9 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: michel_35, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA ., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: marcofine, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA ., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Geotourist Freiburg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA ., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: tim Price, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA ., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Geotourist Freiburg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA ., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Anna Poskerová, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.