Photos: The Burren, Co.Clare

Dewberry Rubus caesius Eithreog Family: Rosaceae Flowering time: May-September. Perennial. Native. White flowers, occasionally pink. Followed by edible blue-black fruit, with about 10 drupes. Fruit surrounded by large erect sepals. Leaves with three leaflets, deep-toothed, sometimes lobed. Lateral leaflets stalk-less. Stems sprawling, creeping. Slender prickles. Usually above limestone. Stony, sandy ground, dunes and hedges. Frequent in parts of S and W, rare elsewhere in Ireland.

     Dewberry. The Burren, Co.Clare August 2007 and Tramore Co.Waterford September 2008