Rosa rubiginosa var. rubiginosa
Prickles infrastipular and internodal, lengths varying, aciculi and setae sometimes present on distal or flowering branches. Leaves: terminal blades mostly suborbiculate or broadly oval, 10–25 × 8–15 mm, apex usually acute or short-acuminate, abaxial surfaces densely glandular. Flowers 2.5–4 cm diam.; sepals deciduous as or after hips mature, styles usually villous, stylar orifice 1/3 diam. of rims 4 mm diam. Hips 10–25 × 10–22 mm. 2n = 35.
Phenology: Flowering Apr–Aug.
Habitat: Thickets, clearings, roadsides
Elevation: 0–1100 m
Distribution
Introduced; B.C., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Ala., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Mont., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo., Europe, w Asia (Iran), n Africa, introduced also in Central America, South America, elsewhere in Africa, Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia.
Discussion
Selected References
None.