Rosa acicularis, Lindley

I. Klášterský, 1968, 10. Rosa L., Flora Europaea, Volume 2, Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambrdige: Cambridge University Press, pp. 35-42 : 27

7. R. acicularis Lindley ,

Ros. Monogr. 44 (1820).

Stems up to 1 m, with numerous slender acicles 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],