Kingdom Plantae Family Rosaceae Scientific name Rosa omeiensis Rank Species | Order Rosales Genus Rosa Higher classification Rose | |
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Similar Rose, Rosa sericea, Father Hugo's Rose, Rosa moyesii, Rosaceae | ||
Rosa omeiensis is a species of Rosa native to central and southwestern China in the provinces of Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan; it grows in mountains at altitudes of 700 to 4,400 m.
It is a shrub growing to 4 m tall, often very spiny. The leaves are deciduous, 3–6 cm long, with 5-13 leaflets with a serrated margin. The flowers are 2.5-3.5 cm diameter, white, with (unusually for a rose) only four petals. The hips are red to orange-yellow, 8–15 mm diameter, with persistent sepals, and often bristly.
There are four formae:
It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the closely related species Rosa sericea.
Cultivation and uses
R. omeiensis f. pteracantha is grown as an ornamental plant for its large, bright red thorns.
References
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