Bush Lawyer June 12, 2026 Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps Rubus cissoidesLooks innocuous enough until it has you in its clutches. Escaping its grip without paying with your skin (or shirt) is virtually impossible.Related to blackberries but nastier <!-- end LinkyTools script -- Comments jabblog12 June 2026 at 21:55That's a nasty beast - well, determined, anyway. ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyBoud13 June 2026 at 01:32This may be related to cat briar, an equally savage plant which can stop you in your tracks if you step into it. Looks innocent, too.ReplyDeleteRepliesReplygz13 June 2026 at 02:08definitely nastier. Highly armedReplyDeleteRepliesTigger's Mum15 June 2026 at 15:32Can't imagine why it evolved such a defence (or distribution) system. It is widely distributed by birds eating the seeds.DeleteRepliesReplyReplyYamini MacLean13 June 2026 at 02:52Hari OMStealth attack! Definitely one to be hoicked out put to the flame! YAM xxReplyDeleteRepliesTigger's Mum15 June 2026 at 15:30Native plant - one to learn to live with (or around). Its berries feed the birds.DeleteRepliesReplyReplyAmypie7113 June 2026 at 07:28I really can't stand this plant, I've seen it crop up here and there but i try to get it to pull out before it gets too big, have a nice weekend.ReplyDeleteRepliesTigger's Mum15 June 2026 at 15:29Not ideal in a garden is it!DeleteRepliesReplyReplyMELODY JACOB13 June 2026 at 23:17Good luck staying far out of its clutches on your walks, because that is definitely one plant you don't want to get tangled up with.ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyIt's a Crazy World14 June 2026 at 05:15I have never seen a bush with leaves that have spines like that! ReplyDeleteRepliesTigger's Mum15 June 2026 at 15:29Native plant - quite pretty in flower and fruit but a real trap for the unwary - and the vines are metres and metres long.DeleteRepliesReplyReplyHelen16 June 2026 at 23:15Yikes! Ouch!ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyAdd commentLoad more... Post a Comment
That's a nasty beast - well, determined, anyway.
ReplyDeleteThis may be related to cat briar, an equally savage plant which can stop you in your tracks if you step into it. Looks innocent, too.
ReplyDeletedefinitely nastier. Highly armed
ReplyDeleteCan't imagine why it evolved such a defence (or distribution) system. It is widely distributed by birds eating the seeds.
DeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteStealth attack! Definitely one to be hoicked out put to the flame! YAM xx
Native plant - one to learn to live with (or around). Its berries feed the birds.
DeleteI really can't stand this plant, I've seen it crop up here and there but i try to get it to pull out before it gets too big, have a nice weekend.
ReplyDeleteNot ideal in a garden is it!
DeleteGood luck staying far out of its clutches on your walks, because that is definitely one plant you don't want to get tangled up with.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen a bush with leaves that have spines like that!
ReplyDeleteNative plant - quite pretty in flower and fruit but a real trap for the unwary - and the vines are metres and metres long.
DeleteYikes! Ouch!
ReplyDelete