Rosa acicularis

Taxobox
name = "Rosa acicularis"

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

"Rosa acicularis" (syn. "R. alpina, R. bourgeauiana, R. gmelinii, R. karelica, R. sayi"), also known as the prickly wild rose, the prickly rose, the bristly rose and the Arctic rose, is a species of wild rose with a Holarctic distribution in northern regions of Asia [ [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200011211 Flora of China: "Rosa acicularis"] ] , Europe [ [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Rosa+&SPECIES_XREF=acicularis+&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: "Rosa acicularis"] ] , and North America.

It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1-3 m tall. The leaves are pinnate, 7-14 cm long, with three to seven leaflets. The flowers are pink (rarely white), 3.5-5 cm diameter; the hips are red, pear-shaped to ovoid, 10-15 mm diameter.

It is the official flower of the Canadian province of Alberta [ [http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/all_about_us/emblems/Emblems_Booklet_2005.pdf Government of Alberta's official emblems] ] , and is located throughout the province and Western Canada. This species is not as common in this region as Rosa woodsii (Woods rose).

ubspecies

* R.a. acicularis
* R.a. sayi

ee also

* Wild Prairie Rose, "Rosa arkansana"

References

* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ROAC USDA Plant profile: "Rosa acicularis"]