Rubus queenslandicus

Rubus queenslandicus, commonly known as bramble-of-the-cape, rose-leaf bramble, or native raspberry, is a species of bramble that is endemic to a small part of northeastern Queensland, Australia, where it is found on the margins of highland forest.

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This species is an erect shrub growing up to about 1 metre (3+1⁄2 feet) tall. The stems, petioles and rachises are glabrous, i.e. without hairs, but have small stout thorns about 3 millimetres (1⁄8 inch) long. The compound leaves are glabrous and usually have five or seven leaflets, although those close to inflorescences may have three or one. The leaflet blades are narrowly ovate, the base obtuse and the tip acute or acuminate. The leaflet margins are bi- or triserrate, the teeth up to 3 mm long, and each of the eight or nine lateral veins terminate at a major tooth. The inflorescences are terminal or borne in the leaf axils, flowers carried on pedicels up to 3.5 cm long. There are five pale sepals measuring up to 11 mm (1⁄2 in) by 4 mm with a long acumen, narrowly triangular, persistent. The five petals are white, measure about 11 mm long by 8 mm (3⁄8 in) wide, and are deciduous. The flowers have 100–200 stamens measuring about 3.5 mm long, and 400–600 carpels. Flowering has been observed from May to November, and fruit between June and February. The fruit is an ovoid or somewhat cylindrical aggregate fruit is about 13 mm across and up to 18 mm (3⁄4 in) long; it is bright red at maturity. Habit Compound leaves Flower close-up Flowers and fruit New fruit with persistent calyx Ripe fruit