This genus normally needs expert botanists to identify the different micro-species but a few, of which this is one, can be determined by lesser experts. Our leader on this WFS London meeting quickly identified this plant with its very large and distinctive stalked leaves.

Rubus armeniacus has escaped successfully into the wild throughout England but is scarcer in Wales and Scotland and only occasionally found in Ireland.

Barnes Common 30th June 2006

Added on 2nd January 2007, updated 20th January 2012