Watsonia 11 (3): 243 (1977) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Robust scrambling semi-deciduous shrub; stems arching, to c. 4 m long, angular, faces concave or flat, glaucescent, glabrescent, brown to purplish; prickles more or less equal, straight or falcate, mainly on the angles, to c. 8 mm long. Leaves 3- or 5-foliate; leaflets obovate, elliptic or broadly elliptic, mostly 3–11 cm long, 2–7 cm wide, base rounded to cuneate or truncate, margins sharply toothed, upper surface green, glabrescent, lower surface white- or grey-tomentose and sparsely pilose; stipules linear, pilose. Flowers in long, lax, terminal, narrow-pyramidal racemes; axis and peduncles tomentose and pilose, eglandular. Sepals white- or grey-tomentose, acicular, unarmed, reflexed in fruit; petals ovate to suborbicular, pink or white; stamens much exceeding styles. Fruiting head more or less globose, c. 15 mm diam.; fruit glabrescent, black, not falling from receptacle when ripe. Flowers summer.
*CVU, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *HFE, *HNF, *HSF, *MonT, *MuF, *NIS, *OtP, *OtR, *SnM, *Strz, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *WPro, *Wim. WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas, Norfolk Is. Apparently the most widespread blackberry in the state but poorly collected and its exact distribution not certain. Usually found in moist riparian or other mesic habitats, but also a common weed of farmland.
Rubus anglocandicans is generally distinguished by the high arching, glabrous stems that lack a whitish scaly covering.
This species was previously thought to hybridise with Rubus ulmifolius. However, limits of both species, along with many taxa in the Rubus fruiticosus species-aggregate have been revised since the last Flora of Victoria account. See note under R. ulmifolius.
Evans, J.K.; Symon, D.E.; Whalen, M.A.; Hosking, J.R.; Barker, R.M. & Oliver, J.A. (2007). Systematics of the Rubus fruticosus aggregate (Rosaceae) and oher exotic Rubus taxa in Australia, Australian Systematic Botany 20: 187-251.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Wimmera | present | naturalised | |
Glenelg Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Riverina | present | naturalised | |
Murray Fans | present | introduced | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Otway Plain | present | naturalised | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | naturalised | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Otway Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | introduced | |
Highlands-Far East | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Alps | present | naturalised | |
Snowy Mountains | present | naturalised |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |