Rosa omeiensis
''Rosa omeiensis'' is a species of Rose, ''Rosa'' native to central and southwestern China in the provinces of Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan; it grows in mountains at altitudes of 700 to 4,400 m.
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'' is sometimes treated as a subspecies
In biological classification
In biology
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of ''R. sericea''.
Distribution
It is native to south-western China (Guizhou
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, Sichuan
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, Xizang
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, Yunnan
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), Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul, ), officially known as the Kingdom of Bhutan ( dz, འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་, Druk Gyal Khap), is a landlocked country in the Eastern Himalayas. It is bordered by Chin ...
, northern India (Sikkim
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), Nepal and Myanmar; it grows in mountains at altitudes of .
Description
It is ashrub
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growing tall and is often very spiny. The leaves
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are deciduous
In the fields of horticulture
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, long, with 7–11 leaflets
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with a serrated margin. The flower
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s are diameter, white, with (unusually for a rose) only four petals. The hips
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are red, diameter, with persistent sepals, and often bristly.
Forms
There are four formae: * ''Rosa sericea'' f. ''sericea'' * ''Rosa sericea'' f. ''glandulosa'' T.T.Yü & T.C.Ku. * ''Rosa sericea'' f. ''glabrescens'' Franchet. * ''Rosa sericea'' f. ''pteracantha'' Franchet.Cultivation and uses
''Rosa sericea'' f. ''pteracantha'' is grown as anornamental plant
Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic
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for its large, bright red thorns.
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References
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