Rosa pimpinellifolia L.

Species: Rosa pimpinellifolia L., Genus: Rosa, Family: Rosaceae, Group: Angiosperms

(Rosa pimpinellifolia L.)

-> Genus: Rosa -> Family: Rosaceae -> Group: Angiosperms

Habitus

it is a shrub up to 1 m high (max. 2 m), richly branched
ground branches are often prostrate
branches are densely covered with thin 4 - 8 mm long needle-like spines

Rosa pimpinellifolia (Pimpinellifolia rose) - branch covered with needle-like thorns

Rosa pimpinellifolia (Pimpinellifolia rose) - Devínska Kobyla, Slovakia

Rosa pimpinellifolia (Pimpinellifolia rose) - ground-level, prostrate branches

Shoots

they are round, green to purple-red, densely thorny

Leaves (assimilation organs)

the leaves are oddly pinnately compound, 6 - 10 cm long
they are composed of 3 - 5 pairs of individual leaflets, which are elliptical, toothed along the edge, short-stalked
the bracts are small, scale-like, attached to the base of the petiole

Rosa pimpinellifolia (Pimpinellifolia rose)

Flowers

the tree is monoecious, the flowers are bisexual
the flowers are white, yellowish at the base, they grow singly on 15 - 25 mm long pedicels
it flowers in V – VI

Fruits – seeds

the fruit is a rose hip, 8 - 14 mm long, round, dark purple to black
the calyx is persistent
it ripens in IX - X

Extension

originally in warmer areas from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean Sea and eastward to Central Asia
in Slovakia it grows in lowlands to hills, forest-steppes, on rocky sunny slopes and shrubby slopes

Rosa pimpinellifolia (Pimpinellifolia rose) - forest-steppe, Devínska Kobyla, Slovakia

Ecology

it thrives on warm, dry, calcareous to neutral, shallow stony soils

Significance

it is a fruit-bearing tree
it is ornamental with flowers, black fruits, thorns

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