Rosa wichuraiana is
a deciduous vine shrub distributed from sunny grasslands, dry
riverbeds, and seashores to a beech forest zone more than 1,000m
from sea level. Leaves are alternate of a 4-9cm-long imparipinnate
compound leaf. Leaflets, 2-4 pairs, and terminal leaflets are the
same size as side ones, in the shape of an oblong or broadly obovate,
with coarse serrations. Flowers, white, fragrant, 3-3.5cm in
diameter, come on branch tops, some each in number, together; petals
5, stamens many. Bloom time: June-July. |