Common name:
Short-styled field rose
Family:
Scientific name:
Rosa stylosa
Main flower color:
Range:
South England and far south Wales
Height:
Up to 3 m
Habitat:
Dry places - scrub, open woodland, rough grassland, on calcareous soils
Flowers:
White to pale pink, with shallowly notched petals. Sepals are strongly recurved, and very narrow towards the tip. The light green stalks and receptacle cups are sparsely covered with red glandular hairs. The central disc is conical, and its light green styles are joined into a short column
Leaves:
Pinnately divided into five or seven leaflets, which are shiny, dark green, lined by sharp teeth. Sparsely hairy, at least on the midrib on the underside. Stems are armed with large, backwards-pointing, well-separated thorns. Petioles are covered by smaller red spines
Season:
May to May
Rarity:
★★★★★
