Armenian Blackberry
Armenian Blackberry
Rubus armeniacus
Also known as: Himalayan blackberry · Himalaya blackberry · Himalayan Giant Bramble · Armenian Bramble · Giant blackberry
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Large
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
Western Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Common

About

This vigorous shrub grows in thickets across temperate regions and hillsides. Its arching canes grow up to seven meters long and root wherever they touch the soil.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rubus
Species
Rubus armeniacus