Rosaceae |
---|
Rosa L. |
R. foetida J. Herrm., Diss. de Rosa 57 (1762). Syn: R. lutea Miller, Gard. Dict. ed. S: no. 11 (1768); R. eglanteria L., Sp. P1. 491 (1753) pro parte, nom. ambig.rejic.; R. bicolor Jacq., Hort. Vindob. 1: t. 1 (1770). Ic: Willmott, Gen. Rosa 2:267 (1911). Map 17, p. 111. Dense erect shrub up to 2 m. Prickles rather sparse, sometimes absent on young shoots, 0.5-0.9 cm long, rather coarse, straight to slightly curved, abruptly tapering from a broad base, usually interspersed with acicles and bristles. Leaflets 5-7, elliptic or ovate, 1.2-2.5 x 0.8-1.6 cm, obtuse to subacute with rounded to broadly cuneate base, glandular-biserrate almost to the base, glabrous to sparsely hairy above, glandular and hairy, at least on the nerves beneath, dull green on both sides; stipules very narrow with long acute, diverging auricles; scent of 'sweet briar'. Flowers solitary or 2-4 together, ebracteate, sometimes double, with an unpleasant odour. Pedicels 1.5-5.3 cm, glabrescent to hairy. Outer sepals usually pinnatifid or lobed, often much dilated apically, 2-2.5 cm long, glandular or glandular-hispid on the back, patent to ascending or erect in fruit, deciduous at maturity. Petals 2.5-3 x 2.5-3.5 cm, emarginate, bright yellow or (in the form 'R. bicolor') scarlet with a yellowish reverse. Styles rather long, lanate, stigma-head broad, loose, semiglobose; disc rather narrow, orifice very wide. Hypanthia 0.8-1.1 cm, globose, smooth or hispid, dark brick red. Fl. 4-6. Cultivated fur ornament, sometimes as hedges, sometimes naturalized on roadsides, slopes and in fields. Described from cultivated material. Mainly Inner Anatolia. A2(A) Bilecik: Abaslik Köy nr. Bilecik, 700 m, Bornm. 1929:13427! A4 Ankara: Kizilcahamam, Çamkoru Bölge, Anon. A5 Çorum: Çorum to Sungurlu, 1220 m, Brown 1446! A8 Gümüşane: Bayburt, Huet. B1 Manisa: Sipylos (Manisa Da.), Aucher 1432. B4 Ankara: Ankara, Clerk H 1261/ 1933! B5 Niğde: Kocak Köyü, nr. Ulukişla, A. & T. Baytop 7006! B6 Maraş: 140 km from Malatya to Maraş, 700 m, It. Leyd. 1402! B7 Erzincan: Egin (Kemaliye), Salachlu, Sint. 1890:2788! B9 Van: 5-8 km from Van to Değirmen-köy, 1900m, D. 44436! C6 Gaziantep: Gaziantep, 850m, Balls 2204! C8 Mardin: Senar, Sint. 1888:948! E. Caucasia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkestan. Ir.-Tur. element. This species is ± intermediate between R. hemisphaerica & R. pimpinellifolia; it may be of hybrid origin. |