Rosa mollis, Sm., 1753

I. Klastersky, 1968, 10. Rosa L., Flora Europaea, Volume 2, Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambrdige: Cambridge University Press, pp. 35-42 : 31

36. R. mollis Sm. in Sowerby,

Engl. Bot. 35: t. 2459 (1812) ( R. villosa auct., non L.).

Like 35 but young stems usually pruinose; leaflets 12-35 x 8-18 mm, greyish-green; pedicels, sepals and sometimes fruit with sparse, slender, stipitate glands; fruit 10-15 mm, globose or broadly ovoid. 2n=-- 28. Mainly in N. & W. Europe, but extending locally to S.C. Russia. A1 Be Br Da Fa Fe Ga Ge Hb He Hs Ju Lu No Po Rs (B, C, W) Su.