Rosa pendulina, L.

I. Klášterský, 1968, 10. Rosa L., Flora Europaea, Volume 2, Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambrdige: Cambridge University Press, pp. 35-42 : 28

12. R. pendulina L. ,

Sp. PL 492 (1753) ( R. alpina L. ).

Stems up to 2 m; bark green, yellowish-green or occasionally purplish. Prickles usually absent. Leaflets 7-11, 20-60 x 10-30 mm, oblong-ovate to -obovate, biserrate, glabrous or pubescent above, usually sparsely pubescent and sometimes glandular at least on the veins beneath, with glandular teeth. Flowers solitary. Bracts about as long as and enclosing the pedicels, soon deciduous. Pedicels glandular-hispid, recurved in fruit. Petals 15-25 mm, deep purplish-pink. Styles densely hairy. Fruit 15-25 mm, pendent, ovoid to elongate-pyriform, rarely globose, often glandular-hispid, red. Mountains of C. & S. Europe. A1 Au Be Bu Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (W).