Flora of Victoria

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.

Source: Jeanes, J.A.; Jobson, P.C. (1996). Rosaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne (as Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees).

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2017-12-13

References

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.

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Rosanae

order Rosales

family Rosaceae

genus Rubus

Higher taxa

species Rubus anglocandicans A.Newton

Misapplications

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Rubus anglocandicans in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Rubus anglocandicans in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
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

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania