Rosa henryi

Taxobox
name = "Rosa henryi"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
subfamilia = Rosoideae
genus = "Rosa"
species = "R. henryi"
binomial = "Rosa henryi"
binomial_authority = Boulenger

Rosa henryi is a rose species native to China. The species is a climbing shrub, 3–8 m, with long repent branches. Prickles absent or scattered, curved. Leaves glabrous or sparsely glandular-pubescent with commonly 5 leaflets. Flowers 5–15 in an umbel-like corymb, 3–4 cm in diameter, white, fragrant. Hips brownish red. Flowers in mid to late summer.

Forest margins, thickets or scrub, valleys or farmland at 1700-2000 m alt.

Cultivation and uses

Grown as an ornamental plant for its beautiful flowers.

References

* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200011260 Flora of China: "Rosa henryi"]