Wondering if anyone can confirm that's what this is, seen hiking in WI.
by notalbright
Wondering if anyone can confirm that's what this is, seen hiking in WI.
by notalbright
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Certainly a Rubus species. How cool is that!
This is a sport. A unstable genetic mutation. It MAY also be a viral infection
Very cool variegated sport. Basically albino cells got into the meristem growth point and started replicating with all subsequent growth. It’s a type where they are marbled into multiple cell layers, which gives it a degree of instability. I can see from the photo that some stems are purely albino and others are normal green. It’s a bit of a chunky pattern so it will probably revert heavily in the long term, but because of that “wobble” a shoot could stabilize into a margin or median variegation pattern. The fact that the albino tissue isn’t burning in the sunlight is also a good sign. I’d be going back with my shovel once the growth matures and hardens off. 😁