Rosa mollis

Rosa mollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rosa
Species:
R. mollis
Binomial name
Rosa mollis

Rosa mollis is a species of wild rose.[1] Common name: soft downy-rose.[2] It is most closely related to Rosa villosa.[3]: 98  Rosa mollis can be distinguished from Rosa villosa by its longer leaves and pruinose stem, which is absent in the latter.[4] Rosa mollis usually blossoms in Germany for approximately 5 weeks from the end of June to July[5]

It is native to the Caucasus[1] and parts of Europe: the British Isles, Scandinavia, and the lands around the Baltic. It has been commonly reported in isolated areas throughout the rest of Europe; this fact has prompted the editors of Atlas Florae Europaeae to raise the question whether these may not be cases of misidentification of either Rosa villosa or Rosa sherardii.[3]: 101–2 

Description

References

  1. ^ a b "Rosa mollis Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. ^ Rosa mollis Sm.
  3. ^ a b Kurtto, Arto; Lampinen, Raino; Junikka, Leo (2004). Atlas florae Europaeae, distribution of vascular plants in Europe. 13: Rosaceae (Spiraea to Fragaria, excl. Rubus). Helsinki: Committee for mapping the flora of Europe and Societas Biologica Fennica. ISBN 978-951-9108-14-8.
  4. ^ Kellner, Alexandra; Ritz, Christiane M; Wissemann, Volker (2013-12-20). "Low genetic and morphological differentiation in the European species complex of Rosa sherardii, R. mollis and R. villosa (Rosa section Caninae subsection Vestitae): Population Genetics in Dog Roses (Vestitae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (2): 240–256. doi:10.1111/boj.12124.
  5. ^ Kellner, Alexandra; Ritz, Christiane M.; Wissemann, Volker (2012-10-19). "Hybridization with invasive Rosa rugosa threatens the genetic integrity of native Rosa mollis: Hybridization in Rosa". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 170 (3): 472–484. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01298.x.