Rosa obtusifolia

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

28. R. obtusifolia Desv.,

Jour. Bot. Redige 2: 317 (1809) ( R. tomentella Leman , R. klukii Besser).

Stems up to 2 m, green; prickles scattered, short, stout, compressed, strongly hooked. Leaflets 5-7, 15-35 x 14-25 mm, broadly ovate, simply to compound-serrate, softly appressed-pubescent on both surfaces, sometimes pubescent only on the veins beneath, usually glandular on the veins beneath; teeth glandular, short and wide; petiole and rhachis densely pubescent, more or less glandular, covered with minute acicles. Pedicels 5-15 mm, glabrous. Sepals eglandular, deflexed and caducous after anthesis. Petals 12-18(-24) mm, white or pale pink. Disc wide, with the orifice less than 1 mm wide. Styles long-exserted, villous or rarely glabrous. Fruit 10-20 mm, ovoid or globose, glabrous, red. C., S. & N.W. Europe. A1 Au Be Br Bu Co Cz Da Ge Gr Hb He Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (W, C) Sa Si Su.