Skye Flora

Rubus idaeus

Photo © Carl Farmer
18 Aug 2002 Portree, Isle of Skye

Common on waste ground and woodland edges.

Fruit diameter c 1 cm

Skye ID: Upright little-branched shoots (canes) with straight prickles.

Other features: Leaves with 3-7 leaflets, white beneath.  Flowers white, 5-petalled, erect, sepals spreading.

Photo © Carl Farmer
14 May 2003 Portree, Isle of Skye
Top flower 15 mm across at widest (incl sepals)