Rosa acicularis, Lindley

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 27

7. R. acicularis Lindley , Ros. Monogr. 44 (1820).

Stems up to 1 m, with numerous slender acides and long straight prickles. Leaflets (3-)5-7, 15-55 x 15-28 mm, broadly elliptical to oblong, acute, usually rather coarsely serrate, usually glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Flowers solitary, scented. Bracts about equalling the pedicels, usually narrow. Pedicels usually glabrous, rarely glandular-hispid. Petals 18-24 mm, purplish-pink. Styles lanate. Fruit ovoid, with a distinct neck below the disc. N.E. Europe, extending locally southwards to c. 52° N. in C. & E. Russia. Fe Rs (N, C) Su [Au].