Silver Bramble

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Flower and leaves
Bracts
Reverse leaves
Colden Gate National Park

A bramble 3m high, lots of thorns. Leaves (120mm) with 5-7 leaflets, shiny in front, woolly beneath and sharply toothed. Flower 20mm light red. Bracts as big as flower with colored spikes.

Found in small clumps in different places in park.

Location: R712, Golden Gate Highlands National Park
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