Rosa glauca, Pourret

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

9. R. glauca Pourret , Mém. Acad. Toulouse 3: 326 (1788)

( R. ferruginea auct., non Vili., R. rubrifolia Vili. ).

Stems up to 3 m, erect bluish-green, pruinose when young, becoming brown. Prickles scattered, curved or straight, rather slender, without stout bases. Leaflets 5-9, 20-45 x 15-25 mm, elliptical to ovate, serrate, glabrous, bluish-green or purplish. Flowers 1-5. Pedicels glabrous, very rarely with stalked glands. Sepals 2-3 mm wide, sometimes almost entire but usually with a few linear lobes, glabrous. Petals 18-22 mm, narrow, deep pink. Disc flat. Styles whitelanate. Fruit c. 15 mm, globose, usually glabrous, brownish-red. Mountains of C. Europe, extending southwards to the Pyrenees, C. Italy and N. Albania. Al Au Bu Co Cz Ga Ge He Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm [Fe Su].