Rubus xanthocarpus Bureau & Franch.

Subshrubs low, 15–50 cm tall. Rhizomes creeping, woody; stems usually upright, yellowish brown, herbaceous, branched or not branched, obtusely angled, densely pubescent when young, subglabrescent, with sparse, long needle-like prickles. Leaves imparipinnate, 3-foliolate, sometimes 5-foliolate; petiole (2–)3–8 cm, petiolule of terminal leaflet 1–2.5 cm, lateral leaflets subsessile, petiolule and rachis pilose, with straight prickles; stipules lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 1–1.5 cm, margin entire or shallowly laciniate; lobes linear to lanceolate, pubescent; blade of leaflets oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, rarely ovate-lanceolate, terminal leaflet 5–10 × 1.5–3 cm, base often 2-lobed, lateral leaflets smaller, 2–5 × 1–2 cm, both surfaces glabrous or pubescent only along veins, abaxially with slender prickles along veins, base broadly cuneate to subrounded, margin irregularly serrate, apex acute or obtuse. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, corymbose, 2–3 cm, several flowered, rarely flowers solitary; rachis and pedicels pubescent, with sparse, needle-like prickles; bracts lanceolate or linear, margin entire or laciniate, pubescent. Pedicel 1–2.5 cm. Flowers 1–2.5 cm in diam. Calyx abaxially with dense needle-like prickles, pubescent; sepals narrowly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 7–10 × 3–6 mm, apex caudate or subulate-acuminate. Petals white, obovate to spatulate, 1–1.3 cm × 5–7 mm, longer than sepals, puberulous, base long clawed, margin entire or incised. Stamens many, shorter than petals; filaments broad, complanate. Pistils shorter than stamens; ovary pubescent near apex; styles glabrous. Aggregate fruit orange-yellow, compressed globose, 1–1.2 cm in diam., glabrous; pyrenes rugose. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Aug. 2n = 14*.

Stony places. Roadsides, slopes, forests and rocky ravines; at elevations from 600-3,200 metres.

The fruit are eaten fresh. They are also used for jam, jelly and wine.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.