This is the first in a series of a tribute to #Pompeii Dried flowers against a backdrop of photos of paintings and mosaics that have been unearthed at the site. This first one is a black and white with a slight sepia tone. I'm working on others in color. Enjoy.
Rubus, possibly a caesius, commonly known as Dewberry.
"Rubus" is Latin for bramble, which it is related to, presumably a reference to the thorns of many plants in this genus when derived from an Indo-European root *reub- (to tear), meaning a bush that can cause injury.
Planted around homes and gardens, it was thought to ward off malicious spirits – everyone who has had any form of Rubus growth can relate to that notion; those are impassable!