Rosa spithamea A.Gray is a plant in the Rosaceae family, order Rosales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Rosa spithamea A.Gray

Rosa spithamea A.Gray

Rosa spithamea A.Gray is a small perennial rose shrub with pink flowers and bright red 1 cm wide rose hips.

Family
Genus
Rosa
Order
Rosales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Rosa spithamea A.Gray

Rosa spithamea A.Gray is a small perennial shrub that grows no taller than approximately half a meter. Its stem is covered in a few to many prickles. Its glandular leaves are each composed of several double-toothed oval leaflets; the terminal leaflet can reach up to 3 centimeters in length. The inflorescence is a cyme holding up to 10 flowers, each with pink petals up to 1.5 centimeters long. The fruit of this rose is a scarlet rose hip that measures around one centimeter wide.

Photo: (c) Staci Thompson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Staci Thompson · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Rosales Rosaceae Rosa

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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