Rosa villosa

Apple - rose (Rosa villosa )

The apple - rose (Rosa villosa, Syn: Rosa pomifera ) is a species of the genus of roses ( Rosa). It was first described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus. Your name apple Rose refers to her rose hips, which are 3 to 4 inches tall, dark and edible. The apple Rose often intersects with Rosa mollis.

Description

The Apple Rose is a densely branched, stocky shrub, reaches the heights of growth of 1.5 to 2 meters and often forms underground runners. The branches are dark brown and smooth, the younger branches reddish, slightly frosted and usually hairy velvety soft. The spines are similar, have a roundish, only 1-4 millimeters long approach surface and are usually quite straight. Only at the upper branches are sometimes uneven and sometimes needle-like or bristle- shaped.

The leaves are 5 to 7- merous and feathered. The leaves are oblong- elliptic, 1-4 cm long, 0.5 to 2 inches wide, sharp and almost always cut twice, usually hairy adjacent soft on both sides and a silky gloss, and usually on the underside densely glandular and somewhat hairy.

The flowers are arranged doldenartig to 1-3, crimson or pink colored and measure up to 5 inches in diameter. The flower stalk has a length of 0.5 to 1.5 inches, is thickly studded with stalk glands and sting bristles. He is as long as the spherical cup cup. The sepals are 1.5 to 2.5 inches long and all undivided or the outer pair fädlicher have 1-3 leaflets. They depend on the crown and not fall off. The petals are as long as the sepals. Bloom time is in June and July.

The rose hip is globose - ovoid, up to 2.5 inches long, vividly colored red and weichstachelig. The flesh is pulpy and pleasantly sour taste.

Occurrence

The apple - Rose is found in almost all of Europe. Their range extends from the Iberian Peninsula to Asia Minor, Persia and the Caucasus. North is up in Scandinavia, found to the south up to the middle Apennines and Montenegro. It grows on rocky slopes, on cairns and in hedgerows. It prefers calcareous soil and is found predominantly in mountainous regions.