Rosa rugosa is
a deciduous bush, 1-1.5m in height, inhabiting sandy soil in a
coastal area, reportedly from Hokkaido to Shimane. The rhizomes
extend to make shoots and grow in bundles, forming colonies. Many
pubescent and stickles mingle, and the stickles also have densely
short hairs. Leaves are alternate and odd-pinnate compound leaves
with 3-4 pairs of leaflets. The lobes are oblong or oval-oblong, the
tips round, the bases wedge-shaped or circular, and the margins
bluntly serrated. Flowers, bright red to red-purple, 1-3 in number,
each 5-8cm in diameter, come on the tips of branches. Bloom time:
May-August. |