Scientific name:

Rosa ferruginea

Vernacular name:

Rose, Red-leaved

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Red-leaved Rose

Scientific name: Rosa ferruginea Vill.

Diagnostic features
Stems erect, to 3m, glabrous, with few prickles, with numerous acicles on suckers.
Leaflets ± flat, red-tinged, glabrous, 1-serrate, glandless.
Flowers (1)few-several, deep pink, 3-4.5cm across.
Fruit ellipsoid to subglobose, 1-1.8cm.

Chromosome number: (2n=28).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; much grown and naturalized via birds.

Distribution
Very scattered in Scotland, Man and England, but probably under-recorded; Central Europe.

This species is keyed out on Page 2356 in the Text Key.

Rosa ferruginea Vill.
Rosa glauca Pourr. non Vill. ex Loisel.
Rosa rubrifolia Vill. nom. illeg.

Red-leaved Rose (English)
Rose, Red-leaved [English]

Graham, G.G. & A.L. Primavesi, 1993. Roses of Great Britain and Ireland. BSBI Handbook No. 7. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London. Illustrated by Margaret Gold.

Rosa ferruginea 2 (Fruiting, picture taken in cultivation by C. Gibson)
Rosa ferruginea 3 (Flowering, picture taken in the Netherlands, in slide collection of NHN-Leiden)
Rosa ferruginea 4 (Flowering, picture taken in cultivation by C.A. Stace)
Rosa ferruginea a (Fruiting branch, part of stem, leaf detail, and fruits, drawing by M. Gold in Graham & Primavesi, 1993; BSBI Handbook 7)
Rosa ferruginea b (Fruit, drawing by H. Thompson in Stace, 1997)

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