Rubus phoenicolasius, Maxim.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 10

9. R. phoenicolasius Maxim. , Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Pétersb. Y1: 160 (1872).

Stems 200-300 cm, erect, densely covered with reddish, glandular bristles and sparse, slender prickles. Leaves usually ternate; leaflets broadly ovate, coarsely biserrate, slightly hairy above, white-tomentose beneath. Inflorescence a short, terminal raceme; flowers c. 1 cm in diameter. Sepals large, enclosing the young fruit, lanceolate, glandular-hairy; petals curved inwards, pink. Fruit c. 2 cm, ovoid, red, sweet. Cultivated for ornament and for the edible fruit and occasionally naturalized. [Au Br Cz Ge He.] (E. Asia.)