A spiny shrub with white flowers and dark blue-black berries, native to Europe and used to make sloe gin and traditional walking sticks.
From Old English 'blæc' (black) + 'thorn,' named for its dark bark and sharp thorns; the plant has been used in European folk medicine and beverages for over a thousand years.
Blackthorn blooms before its leaves appear in spring, creating spectacular white blossoms—an event so early that bad weather following it is called a 'blackthorn winter' in old weather lore!
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