Rosa vosagiaca, Desportes

I. Klášterský, 1968, 10. Rosa L., Flora Europaea, Volume 2, Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambrdige: Cambridge University Press, pp. 35-42 : 29

23. R. vosagiaca Desportes ,

Ros. Gall. 88 (1828) ( R. afzeliana subsp. vosagiaca (Desportes) R. Keller & Gams, R. glauca subsp. reuteri (Godet) Hayek).

Stems up to 2 m, pruinose when young; intemodes 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 of Europe, northwards to Iceland and Fennoscandia, but rare in the south-west. A1 Au Bu Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W) Si Su.