Rosa tomentosa, Sm.

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

32. R. tomentosa Sm. ,

FI. Brit. 2: 539 (1800).

Compact shrub. Stems up to 2 m. Internodes long; young stems and leaves pale green; prickles curved, or nearly straight on the flowering stems, somewhat slender. Leaflets 5-7, 20-40 x 12-20 mm, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or elliptical, rarely obovate, serrate or biserrate, usually densely pubescent or tomentose on both surfaces, glandular beneath and more or less sparsely glandular above, with a resinous smell. Pedicels c. 20 mm, longer than the fruit, glandular-hispid. Sepals densely glandular on the back, deflexed to patent, deciduous after anthesis. Petals 15-25 mm, pink or white. Disc 4-6 times the diameter of the orifice. Styles glabrous or villous. Fruit ovoid, globose or pyriform, stipitate-glandular, rarely glabrous, red. Most of Europe except the extreme north. A1 Au Be Br Bu Co Cz Da Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu No Po Rm Rs (B, C, W, K, ?E) Su.