Rosa vosagiaca, Desportes

23. R. vosagiaca Desportes View in CoL , Ros. Gall. 88 (1828)

(/?. afzeliana subsp. vosagiaca (Desportes) R. Keller & Gams , R. glauca subsp. reuteri (Godet) Hayek ).

Stems up to 2 m, pruinose when young; internodes long. Prickles crowded, rather short, curved or hooked. Leaflets 5-7, 20-40 x 15-25 mm, elliptical or ovate to obovate, serrate to compound-serrate, margins overlapping, glabrous, usually bluish-green and pruinose, or rarely green and not pruinose, rarely with scattered glands beneath. Pedicels 2-20 mm, rarely longer than fruit, glabrous. Sepals erect and persistent after anthesis. Petals 15-25 mm, bright pink. Disc narrow, with the orifice more than 1 mm in diameter. Styles lanate. Fruit 10-20 mm, globose, rarely ovoid, glabrous, deep red. Most o f Europe, northwards to Iceland and Fennoscandia, but rare in the south-west. Al Au Bu Cz Da Fe Ga Ge G r He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu N o Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W) Si Su.