Rubus hirtus, Waldst. & Kit.

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 : 24-25

74. R. hirtus Waldst. & Kit. , Pl. Rar. Hung. 2: 150 (1803-4).

Stems robust, terete, more or less pruinose; glands and acides brown or purple, the glands numerous, unequal, the acides few; prickles unequal, long, subulate, fragile . Leaflets 3-5, hairy above, softly hairy beneath; terminal leaflet suborbicular-ovate, acuminate, cordate, unevenly serrate or sometimes finely mucronate-dentate. Inflorescence long, pyramidal, broad, lax, leafy, often pendent, with the lower and middle branches patent; axis hairy, with numerous purple glands mostly longer than the diameter of the axis, and a few rather acicular prickles; peduncles short, many-flowered; flowers 2-2-5 cm in diameter. Sepals appressed to the developing fruit, ovate, green, tomentose, densely glandular and aculeolate; petals obovate, glabrous, white; stamens white, slightly exceeding the greenish, rarely pinkish, styles; receptacle slender, cylindrical, hairy; carpels hairy. Fruit of rather small drupelets. 2zi = 28. W., C. & S.E.

Europe. Al Au Be Br Bu Cz Ga Ge Gr Hb He Hs Hu Ju Po Rm Rs (W, K) Tu.

Many variants have been described varying in hairiness of stem, shape and indumentum of leaves, armature of inflorescence and length of stamens.

Related species include:

R. amoenus Koehler ex Weihe inWimmer & Grab., FI. Siles. 2 (1): 54 (1829) (R. purpuratus Sudre). Au Be Br Cz Ga He Rm.

R. anisacanthoides Sudre, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 52: 328 (1905). AuGaGeHu.

R. anoplocladus Sudre, op. cit. 337 (1905). Au Cz Ga Ge He Hu.

R. brumalis Sudre , Bull. Assoc. Fr. Bot. 4: 5 (1901). Au Cz Ga Ge He.

R. capparidopsis Hormuzaki, Mem. Seel. (Acad. Romàna) ser. 3, 2: 299 (1925). Au.

R. carneus Sabr., Mitt. Naturw. Ver. Steierm. 52: 270 (1916). Au Ge.

R. celtidifolius Focke ex Gremii, Beitr. FI. Schweiz 33 (1870). Au He.

R. coriifrons (Sabr.) Hayek, FI. Steierm. 1: 822 (1909). Au.

R. crassus Holuby , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 23: 381 (1873). Au Cz Hu Po.

R. declivis Sudre , Compt. Rend. Congr. Soc. Sav. (Sci.) 1908: 233 (1909). Au Cz Ga Ge Hu.

R. elegantissimus Hayek , Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 66: 459 (1916). Au.

R. erythrostachys (Sabr.) Sabr. ex Halâcsy , Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 41: 278 (1891). Au Bu Ju.

R. garrulimontis Hormuzaki, Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 68: 227 (1919). Au.

R. guentheri Weihe & Nees in Bluff* & Fingerh., Comp. FI. Germ. 1: 679 (1825). Au Br Bu Cz Ga Ge He Hu Ju Po.

R. hercynicus G. Braun ex Focke , Syn. Rub. Germ. 370 (1877). Au Cz Ga Ge He Hu?Ju?Po.

R. hirtimimus Juz., Not. Syst. (Leningrad) 13: 108 (1950). Rs (K).

R. interruptus Sudre , Bull. Assoc. Fr. Bot. 2: 7 (1899). Au Cz Ga Ge He Hs Hu Po.

R. kaltenbachii Metsch, Linnaea 28: 170 (1856). Au Be Cz Ga He Ho Hu?Po?Rs (W).

R. latifrons (Progel) Hayek , FI. Steierm. 1: 812 (1909). Ju.

R. minutidentatus Sudre, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 52: 323 (1905). Au Cz Ga Ge He Hs Hu Po.

R. minutiflorus P. J. Mueller , Pollichia 16-17: 235 (1859). Au Cz Ho Hs Hu Ju?Po.

R. nigricatus P. J. Mueller & Lefèvre , op. cit. 204 (1859). Au Be Cz Ga Ge Hb He Hu?Rs (W).

R. offensus P. J. Mueller, Bonplandia 9: 286 (1861). Au Be Cz Ga Ge He Hu.

R. pierratii Boulay, Ronces Vosg. 108 (1868). Au Ga Ge He Hu.

R. plusiacanthus Borbas ex Sudre, Rubi Eur. 200 (1912). Au Cz Hu Ju.

R. posoniensis Sabr., Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 36: 90 (1886). Cz Hu.

R. praealpinus Hayek, FI. Steierm. 1: 822 (1909). Au.

R. praedatus Schmidely, Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, 3: 79 (1903). Au Cz Ga Ge.

R. romanicus E. I. Nyârâdy in Sävul., FI. Rep. Pop. Romàne 4: 929 (1956). Rm.

R. rubiginosus P. J. Mueller , Pollichia 16-17: 207 (1859). Au?Cz Hu?Po.

R. rubrisetoides Hormuzaki, Mem. Sect.?ti. (Acad. Romàna) ser. 3, 2: 305 (1925). Au.

R. ruderalis Kupcsok , Magyar Bot. Lapok 9:236 (1910). Au Cz.

R. scenoreinus Juz. , Not. Syst. (Leningrad) 13: 106 (1950). Rs (K).

R. tenuidentatus Sudre, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 52: 344 (1905). Au Be Cz Ga Ge He Hs Hu Po.

R. topitzii Halâcsy ex Topitz, Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 42: 203 (1892). Au.

R. trachyadenes Sudre, Compt. Rend. Congr. Soc. Sav. (Sci.) 1908: 233 (1909). Au CzGa Ge Hu.

R. wittingii Halâcsy, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 41: 271 (1891). Au.