Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyRosaceae
Native toAlberta, Arkansas, British Columbia, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri
Rosa alcea Greene, Leaflets 2: 63. 1910Stem low, 1-3 dm. high, terete, densely bristly, even the floral branches; stipules adnate, 1-1.5 cm. long, puberulent, and glandular-hispid and even bristly on the back, glandularciliate on the margins, rather broad, the free portion ovate, acute; rachis and petiole puberulent and glandular; leaflets 7-9, elliptic-obovate, rounded at the apex, cuneate at the base, 1-1.5 cm. (rarely 1.5-2 cm.) long, serrate, glabrous above, finely and densely pubescent and strongly veined beneath; flowers solitary or few together; bracts densely glandular, pedicels glabrous or sparsely glandular, 1-2 cm. long; hypanthium globose, usually glandular-bristly; sepals lanceolate, 15 mm. long, caudate-attenuate, glandular-hispid on the back; petals obcordate, 15 mm. long; styles distinct, persistent, not exserted; achenes inserted both in the bottom and on the sides of the hypanthium.Type locality: Moose Jaw, Assiniboia [now Saskatchewan]. Distribution: Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and North Dakota.
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