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Rubus tricolor

Wikipedia Abstract

Rubus tricolor (Chinese bramble) is an evergreen shrub, native to western China, growing to 0.3 m in height by 2 m wide. It has glossy leaves, white flowers in summer, and red fruit.
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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [1]  Shrub
Usage [1]  A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit; A good vigorous ground cover plant for sun or shade; It grows strongly but requires weeding for the first year or so; New roots are formed at intervals along the stem; It should only be grown with trees and other tall plants otherwise it will swamp them;
Height [1]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Width [1]  6.56 feet (2 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Dartmoor 57244 England, United Kingdom
Sefton Coast 11278 England, United Kingdom
South Pennine Moors 160577 England, United Kingdom  

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0