Rubus peltatus ("Hasunohaichigo")

Japanese name: ハスノハイチゴ
Scientific name: Rubus peltatus

[Overview]
A deciduous shrub about 1 m tall, found in the mountains.
The stems are hairless and bear flat thorns.
The leaves are simple and alternate, ovate-round, 10–25 cm long and 7–20 cm wide, shallowly 5-lobed, with a shallowly cordate base.
The leaf margin is serrated.
The petiole is attached peltately.
The stipules are 1–1.5 cm long and somewhat clasp the stem.
The flowers are borne singly in the leaf axils, nodding at the tip of a stalk 2–3 cm long.
The flowers are white, 5-petaled, and about 1.6 cm across.
The fruit is a cylindrical aggregate fruit 4 cm long that ripens cream-colored.

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