Rubus kulinganus L. H. Bailey

Shrubs 1–2 m tall. Branchlets brown or reddish brown, pubescent at first, glabrescent, glabrous when old, nearly unarmed or with sparse prickles. Leaves imparipinnate, 3-foliolate; petiole 5–9 cm, petiolule of terminal leaflet 1–2 cm, lateral leaflets subsessile or shortly petiolulate, pubescent, with sparse, needle-like prickles; stipules linear, 5–7 mm, pubescent; blade of leaflets lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 4–8(–10) × 1.5–3(–4) cm, abaxially densely gray tomentose, adaxially glabrous, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin irregularly rough sharply serrate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences usually terminal, corymbose or short racemes, (3–)4–5 cm, several to more than 10-flowered; rachis and pedicels pubescent; bracts lanceolate or linear, 5–6 mm, pubescent. Pedicel 0.5–1 cm. Flowers 6–9 mm in diam. Calyx abaxially densely white tomentose, with intermixed straight hairs; sepals erect in flower and fruit, ovate, 5–6 × 2–3 mm, apex acute, cuspidate. Petals purplish red, broadly elliptic or narrowly obovate, tomentose, base long clawed. Stamens many, nearly as long as petals; filaments broadened and flattened basally. Pistils numerous, nearly as long as or slightly shorter than stamens; ovary and base of style pubescent. Aggregate fruit red, subglobose, less than 1 cm in diam., pilose; pyrenes shallowly rugose. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Jul.

Anhui Jiangxi, Zhejiang.

Mixed forested slopes, hillsides; below 2000 m.

Rubus kulinganus là loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hoa hồng. Loài này được L.H. Bailey miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1920.

牯岭悬钩子（学名：Rubus kulinganus）为蔷薇科悬钩子属的植物，是中国的特有植物。分布在中国大陆的安徽、浙江、江西等地，生长于海拔2,000米的地区，一般生长在山坡杂木林下，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。