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Ground Rose (Rosa spithamea)

Description

Rosa spithamea-is a small-shrub-growing no taller than about half a meter. The stem is studded with a few or many-prickles. The glandular leaves are each made up of several double-toothed oval leaflets, the terminal leaflet up to 3 centimeters long. The-inflorescence-is a-cyme-of up to 10 flowers with pink petals each up to 1.5 centimeters in length. The fruit is arose hip-about a centimeter wide.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Rosales

            • Family: Rosaceae

              • Genus: Rosa