The stone bramble is a perennial plant with biennial stems which die after fruiting in their second year.

[5][6][7][8] The stone bramble can form dense clumps, spreading by means of its runners.

It flourishes in damp woods and rough places and can grow vigorously in clearings created by felling trees.

[5] In Russian cuisine, they are eaten plain with sugar, honey, or milk, and can be used in preparation of kissel, kompot, juice, syrup, jams and jellies, and kvass.

A decoction of the root was once used in India for the treatment of relaxed bowels and dysentery, and also in treating the spasmodic stage of whooping cough.