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Herbarium specimen: Rubus scissus

Taxon:Rosaceae: Rubus scissus W.C.R. Watson
confirmed by Beverley Alan Miles
Filed in taxon folder:Rosaceae: Rubus scissus W.C.R. Watson
Collected by:Charles Avery
Collection date:16/6/1951 flowers
29/8/1951 leaves
Locality:Great Britain, VC16 West Kent, Chislehurst Common, TQ4470
ex herb:Charles Avery
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Rubus scissus herbarium specimen from Chislehurst Common, VC16 West Kent in 1951 by Charles Avery.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Flower white or pink. Petals obovate tapering to a long narrow base. Stamens about the same length as the styles. Carpels pilose. After the fall of the petals the stamens are left spreading and become pale lavender coloured. The sepals are attenuate acuminate often prolonged into a slender leafy point after flowering they curve upwards and become patent.

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Documented by apbudden on 28th December 2011.

Reviewed by Sarah Stille (mossysal)

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