Rosa heckeliana, Tratt, 1753

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

37. R. heckeliana Tratt .,

Rosac. Monogr. 2: 85 (1823) ( R. orphanides Boiss . & Reuter).

Stems up to 1 m, somewhat pruinose when young, more or less pubescent. Prickles sparse, curved or straight. Leaflets 5-7, 15-30 x 8-22 mm, orbicular to ovate, simply serrate or biserrate, densely pubescent above, grey-tomentose beneath, usually eglandular. Flowers solitary. Pedicels c. 5 mm, usually grey-puberulent, eglandular. Sepals more or less glandular-hispid on the back, erect and usually persistent after anthesis. Petals 12-15 mm, pink. Disc narrow. Styles lanate. Fruit 10-12 mm, globose to ovoid, glabrous or stipitate-glandular, red. Mountains of E. Mediterranean region and Sicilia. A1 Cr Gr It Si.