Rosa davidii

Rosa davidii

Rosa davidii, David Rose, is a wild rose. In the central and western Chinese provinces of Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan at altitudes of 1600 m to 3000 m above sea NN is native. It was collected by Père David and 1874 first described by François Crépin scientifically.

Description

Rosa davidii is a hardy shrub, the plant height of about 1.5 to 4 m away. The narrow, odd pinnate leaves are including the petiole 7-14 cm long and usually consist of seven or nine - rarely of five or eleven - leaflets.

Appear in loose doldigen inflorescences grouped into four to twelve their flowers. Rosa davidii flowers once - rather late - with hermaphrodite, radial symmetry, slightly sweet fragrant, single flowers, which have a diameter of about 2 to 4 cm. You have five leaves leaf-like petals free. The five free petals are pink. In the center of the flowers they often have a ring of many " golden " stamens and a " bright spot " on. Appear in the autumn of bottle-shaped, scarlet rose hips, which have a diameter of 1 to 1.5 cm, are 1.8 to 2.5 cm long and hang along the branches. On the rose hips still sit upright sepals.

Varieties

  • Rosa davidii
  • Rosa davidii CREP. davidii var
  • Rosa davidii var elongata Rehder & EH Wilson, 1915
  • Rosa davidii var pungens Focke, 1900
  • Rosa davidii var subinermis Focke, 1900
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