Rosa hemisphaerica

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Rosa hemisphaerica
Watercolor by Pierre-Joseph Redouté of a double-flowered garden form
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rosa
Species:
R. hemisphaerica
Binomial name
Rosa hemisphaerica
Synonyms[2]
  • Rosa raphinii Boiss. & Balansa
  • Rosa sulphurea Dryand.

Rosa hemisphaerica, also known as the sulphur rose,

John Bellenden Ker Gawler stated in 1815 that the species had been cultivated in England for nearly 200 years.[5] The scent of the flowers has been described as unpleasant.[6]

Etymology

The name Rosa hemisphaerica refers to the half-rounded fruit and ovaries, Latin "pomo hemisphaerico ... Germen hemisphaericum".[7]

Description

Rosa hemisphaerica is a prickly shrub that grows to about 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) high with grey-green leaves of five to seven leaflets. The hips are orange. It blooms only in the spring.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 13 November 2016
  2. ^ "A Working List of All Plant Species". The Plant List. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Rosa hemisphaerica". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
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  5. ^ John Bellenden Ker Gawler (1815). Rosa sulphurea: Double yellow rose. Illustrated by Sydenham Edwards. James Ridgway. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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  7. ^ Herrmann, J. (1762). Q.D.B.V. Dissertatio inauguralis botanico-medica De Rosa. Joh. Henricus Heitzius. p. 18.


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