Rosa roxburghii
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Rosa roxburghii, Tratt. (A. microphylla, Roxbg., not Desf.). Much-branched spreading shrub 6 ft. high, with straight or ascending prickles: lfts. 7-15, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, acute, sharply serrate, glabrous beneath: fls. pale pink, often solitary, 2-2 1/2 in. across, short-pedicelled; sepals and receptacle prickly: fr. depressed-globose, 1 1/2-2 in. across, very prickly. June, July. China. Var. plena, Hort. With double fls. B.M. 3490. B.R. 919. W.R. 44. Not quite hardy N. Var. normalis, Rehd. & Wilson, is the wild form with single fls. Var. hirtula, Rehd. & Wilson (R. microphylla var. hirtula, Regel). Lfts. elliptic or ovate- oblong, usually acute, pubescent beneath, 1/2-1 in. long. Japan. B.M. 6548. For a hybrid with R. rugosa, see the latter species..
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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