Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Rubus
204. Rubus fockeanus Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal. 44(2): 206. 1875.
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Rubus allophyllus Hemsley; p.p.; R. loropetalus Franchet; R. nutans Wallich var. fockeanus (Kurz) Kuntze; R. radicans Focke.
Herbs perennial; creeping; without prickles and glands; sometimes with intermixed small glandular hairs. Stems prostrate; rooting at nodes; slender; pubescent. Leaves compound; 3-foliolate; petiole 2–5 cm; pubescent; terminal leaflet shortly petiolulate; lateral leaflets subsessile; stipules free; elliptic; 5–7 x 3–5 mm; membranous; margin entire; rarely toothed; apex ± obtuse or shortly pointed; blade of leaflets suborbicular to broadly obovate; 2.5–4 x 3.5–5 cm; abaxially pilose along veins; adaxially pilose; base broadly cuneate to rounded; lateral leaflets with oblique base; margin unevenly coarsely obtusely serrate; apex obtuse. Inflorescences terminal; to 2 cm in diam.; 1- or 2-flowered; bracts elliptic; smaller than stipules; membranous; puberulous; margin entire or toothed. Pedicel 2–5 cm; pubescent; sometimes bristly. Calyx abaxially pubescent; or intermixed sparsely reddish brown bristly; sepals 5 or more; ovate-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate; 7–10 x (2–)3–4 mm; undivided; rarely shallowly laciniate; apex long acuminate. Petals white; obovate-oblong to linear-oblong; 7–11 x 3–5 mm; base clawed. Stamens many; shorter than petals; filaments enlarged toward base. Pistils 4–20; shorter than stamens; ovary glabrous or slightly puberulous; styles glabrous or basally slightly pubescent. Aggregate fruit red; globose; glabrous; with few semiglobose drupelets; pyrenes rugose. Fl. May–Jun; fr. Jul–Aug.
Grassy slopes; forests; 2000--4000 m. Hubei; Sichuan; S Xizang; Yunnan [Bhutan; N Myanmar; Nepal; Sikkim].