Rosa stylosa, Desv

I. Klášterský, 1968, 10. Rosa L., Flora Europaea, Volume 2, Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambrdige: Cambridge University Press, pp. 35-42 : 28

15. R. stylosa Desv .,

Jour. Bot. Redigel: 317 (1809).

Stems up to 3 m. Prickles hooked, some with very stout bases. Leaflets 5-7, 25-50 x 15-25 mm, elliptical to elliptic-oblong, usually acuminate, serrate, usually pubescent beneath at least on the veins, rarely pubescent above, eglandular. Flowers solitary to many. Pedicels long, usually glandular-hispid. Sepals deflexed and deciduous after anthesis. Petals 15-30 mm, usually white, sometimes pink. Disc conical. Styles connate in a column which is shorter than the inner stamens, sometimes becoming free in fruit. Fruit 10-15 mm, ovoid, rarely globose, glabrous, red. From Ireland and W. Germany to S. Spain and Bulgaria; local. Au Br Bu Ga Ge Hb He Hs Hu It Rm.