The roses









    

Rosa section 3 Caninae
Rosa corymbifera Borkh. (1790).   Click a photo to enlarge it.  back to list

Rosa corymbifera
Ref No: 266
Buy this image
colour: Blush Pink, Cream, White
height: Shrub above 5 feet (1.5 m)
scent: Medium
introduction: Pre 1700
usda zone: Zone 5 (-22ºC/-7.6ºF to -27ºC/-16.6ºF)
flowers: Single
repeat: Once Flowering

Syn. R. dumetorum Thuill. In the canina group.
This is R. canina with hairy leaves and without glands. Stems to 2m, with short, stout hooked prickles. Leaflets rather broad, 1.5-3.5cm long, hairy, usually without glands beneath, simply toothed. Petals around 1.5cm, pale pink. Fruit smooth without sepals.
Throughout Europe and northern Turkey, eastwards to the mountains of central Asia.
Reference Flora Europaea 2:30(1968). In Flora of Turkey (1972), and in Roses of Great Britain and Ireland by G. G. Graham & A.L. Primavesi, this species in sunk into R. canina L.



Photographed by Bill Grant


Members' images and comments

Click here to upload and share your photos and comments about this plant (JPEG only please).
By uploading images and text you hereby warrant that you are the legal owner of this material and agree, without limitation, to permit Rogers Plants Ltd to publish such images and text on this Rogers Plants website. Rogers Plants Ltd reserves the right to remove any member images or text at its sole discretion.
© 2001-2008 Rogers Plants Ltd. All rights reserved. The text and photographs on this site may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Rogers Plants Ltd. Please see our Terms and Conditions. Site by Glide Technologies Ltd.
Don't forget to visit our sister site RogersMushrooms and RogersTreesandShrubs.