Rosa majalis, J. Herrmann

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 27

8. R. majalis J. Herrmann , Diss. Rosa 8 (1762)

( R. cinnamomea sensu L. (1759) , non L. (1753), R. spinosissima L. , nom. ambig.).

Stems up to 2 m, forming large patches; bark reddishbrown. Prickles slender, straight or slightly curved, in pairs at the nodes; flowering stems sometimes unarmed. Leaflets 5-7, 15- 45x 15-27 mm, elliptical to obovate, cuneate at base, serrate, pubescent, bluish-green above, pale bluish beneath. Flowers solitary. Bracts about equalling or a little longer than the pedicels, large. Pedicels glabrous. Petals 18-25(-30) mm, purplish-pink. Styles lanate. Fruit depressed-globose, rarely ovoid, glabrous, red. 2«= 14. N. & C. Europe; U.S.S. R. except the south-west. Au Cz Fe Ga Ge He It Ju No Po Rs (N, B, C, W, E) Su [Be Bu D a Ho].