Rosa caesia, Sm.

I. Klášterský, 1968, 10. Rosa L., Flora Europaea, Volume 2, Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambrdige: Cambridge University Press, pp. 35-42 : 30

25. R. caesia Sm. in Sowerby,

Engl. Bot. 33: t. 2367 (1812) ( R. coriifolia Fries , R. afzeliana subsp. coriifolia (Fries) R. Keller & Gams).

Like 23 but internodes short; leaflets pubescent to glabrous above, usually densely appressed-pubescent to almost tomentose beneath, rarely sparsely glandular; pedicels occasionally stipitate-glandular, sometimes pubescent when young; sepals patent or erect; fruits up to 25 mm, the central one often pyriform.

2" = 35. Most of Europe eastwards to Estonia and C. Ukraine. Au Be Br Bu Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (B, C, W) Si Su.