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.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully 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