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It is an evergreen or drought-deciduous succulent shrub (which can also lose its leaves during cold spells, or according to the subspecies or cultivar). It can grow to 0.12–5 m (0.39–16.40 ft) in height, with pachycaul (disproportionately large) stems and a stout, swollen basal caudex (a rootstock that protrudes from the soil).
It was verified as Rosa roxburghii by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service on 15 February 1996, [15] and is listed as Rosa roxburghii in the Encyclopedia of Life. [18] Rosa roxburghii f. normalis is an accepted name by the RHS and listed in the RHS Plant Finder book. [20]
Rosa rugosa is a suckering shrub which develops new plants from the roots and forms dense thickets 1–1.50 m tall with stems densely covered in numerous short, straight prickles 3–10 mm long. The leaves are 8–15 cm long, pinnate with 5–9 leaflets, most often 7, each leaflet 3–4 cm long, with a distinctly corrugated (rugose, hence the ...
Rosa banksiae Rosa persica. There are currently four subgenera in Rosa, although there have been some disputes over the years. [3] The four subgenera are: Hulthemia (formerly Simplicifoliae, meaning "with single leaves") containing one or two species from Southwest Asia, R. persica and R. berberifolia (syn. R. persica var. berberifolia) which are the only species without compound leaves or ...
Rosa banksiae f. subinermis Focke ex H.L‚v. Rosa inermis Roxb. Rosa banksiae , common names Lady Banks' rose , or just Banks' rose , is a species of flowering plant in the rose family , native to central and western China, in the provinces of Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Sichuan and Yunnan, at altitudes of 500–2,200 m (1,640 ...
Bourbon rose Rosa 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' (Béluze 1843) Bourbon roses originated on the Île Bourbon (now called Réunion ) off the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. They are believed to be the result of a cross between the Autumn Damask and the 'Old Blush' China rose, both of which were frequently used as hedging materials on the ...
The specific epithet rosa-sinensis literally means "rose of China", although the plant is not closely related to true roses, nor is it from China. [10] The genus Hibiscus is in the tribe Hibisceae and the subfamily Malvoideae of the family Malvaceae. [11] The origin of the species has long been unknown; it has never been found out of cultivation.
Rosa chinensis (Chinese: 月季; pinyin: yuèjì), known commonly as the China rose, [2] Chinese rose, [3] or Bengal rose, [4] is a member of the genus Rosa native to Southwest China in Guizhou, Hubei, and Sichuan Provinces. The first publication of Rosa chinensis was in 1768 by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in Observationum Botanicarum, 3, p. 7 ...