Rubus pedatifolius, Genev.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 12

18. R. pedatifolius Genev. , Mém. Soc. Acad. (Angers) 8: 93 (1860)

( R. clethraphilus Genev. ).

Stems slender, angled, sulcate, brown and shining, glabrous, with rather few, subulate, yellowish prickles. Leaflets 3-5, glabrous above, shortly and densely pubescent beneath, those of the upper leaves sometimes grey-tomentose beneath; terminal leaflet elliptic-obovate, shortly acuminate, unevenly serrate. Inflorescence moderately long, with numerous, weak, straight prickles and a few glands and acides; flowers c. 2-5 cm in diameter. Sepals somewhat deflexed or patent, appendiculate, grey-tomentose or pubescent; petals elliptical, fimbriate, pink; stamens white (sometimes drying pink), exceeding styles; carpels and receptacle pubescent. 2zz = 28. W. Europe, extending to N. Italy. Br?Cz Ga Hs It.