Rubus pensilvanicus, known commonly as Pennsylvania blackberry, is a species of prickly bramble. The perennial shrub grows up to 2.4 metres (8 ft) tall. The leaves have up to seven leaflets. The flowers are white with large petals, borne in mid-spring to summer.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Persistent Blackberry being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rubus
- Species
- Rubus persistens
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