The dewberries are a group of species in the genus Rubus, section Rubus, closely related to the blackberries. Unlike Blackberries they have separate male and female plants. Dewberries are common throughout most of Connemara and are mainly in dry grassland, hedgerows and in sandy places. The fruits of this plant are edible. The berries are sweet and edible. They can be eaten raw, or used to make cobbler, jam, or pie. The blackberry-like fruits have less drupes or individual segments than those of Bramble but each segment is larger than on that plant. They also have a blue-silver bloom like that on the Sloes of the Blackthorn plant.
