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dog rose, rosier des chiens

cluster wild rose, pearhip rose, prairie rose, Wood's rose

Habit Shrubs, arching, not rhizomatous. Shrubs, forming thickets or ± open stands.
Stems

usually erect to sprawling, 10–25(–50) dm;

distal branches arching, bark green;

infrastipular prickles paired, curved or appressed, 6–7 × 4–9 mm, lengths ± uniform, internodal prickles rare, single, rarely absent.

erect, slender to stout, 2–20(–50) dm, densely or openly branched;

bark dark red, glabrous;

infrastipular prickles usually paired, sometimes absent, erect or curved to hooked, declined, or introrse, usually subulate, sometimes terete or flattened, stout, (0.5–)2–7(–13) × 1–5 mm, base glabrous, internodal prickles usually sparse to dense, often intermixed with aciculi.

Leaves

deciduous, 6–11 cm;

stipules 10–22 × 3–5 mm, auricles 3–5 mm, margins stipitate-glandular or eglandular, surfaces glabrous, eglandular or sparsely stipitate-glandular;

petiole and rachis sometimes with pricklets, glabrous, eglandular;

leaflets 5–7, terminal: petiolule 5–11 mm, blade ovate, obovate, or elliptic, 15–40 × 12–20 mm, base obtuse to slightly cuneate, margins 1- or multi-serrate, teeth 20–30 per side, apex acute, sometimes acuminate, abaxial surfaces glabrous, rarely pubescent or tomentose on midveins, eglandular, adaxial dark green to green, lustrous to dull, glabrous, rarely tomentose.

2.5–8(–12) cm;

stipules (6–)9–16(–25) × 2–5 mm, auricles usually flared, 2–6 mm, margins usually entire, sometimes undulate, sparsely serrate, eglandular or glandular, surfaces glabrous, eglandular, rarely glandular;

petiole and rachis with pricklets sparse or absent, usually puberulent-velutinous hairs 0.1(–0.5) mm, rarely glabrate, eglandular, rarely stipitate-glandular;

leaflets 5–7(–9), terminal: petiolule 3–12 mm, blade obovate, elliptic, or ovate, rarely cordate, (6–)12–35(–40) × 6–20(–26) mm, usually widest at or above middle, membranous, base cuneate, rarely obtuse, margins 1(–2+)-serrate, teeth (5–)7–14 per side, on distal 1/2–4/5 of margin, acute, usually eglandular, apex acute or obtuse, abaxial surfaces pale green, glabrous, sometimes pubescent or puberulent, eglandular, sometimes glandular, adaxial green, rarely glaucous, dull, glabrous.

Inflorescences

panicles, sometimes corymbs, solitary, sometimes 2 or 3(–7)-flowered.

usually panicles, sometimes corymbs or solitary flowers, 1–10(–25+)-flowered.

Pedicels

erect to reflexed as hips mature, 8–20 mm, eglandular or stipitate-glandular;

bracts 2, ovate-lanceolate, 6–18 × 4–5 mm, margins glandular-serrate, abaxial surfaces puberulent, adaxial surfaces glabrous, eglandular.

erect, slender, 10–20(–33) mm, glabrous, eglandular, rarely stipitate-glandular;

bracts 2, ovate or lanceolate, (6–)9–20 × 4–9 mm, margins entire or ciliate, eglandular, sometimes sparsely glandular, surfaces pubescent, eglandular.

Flowers

3.5–5 cm diam.;

hypanthium narrowly urceolate, 7–9 × 3–6 mm, eglandular, neck 2–3 × 1–2 mm;

sepals appressed-reflexed, spreading, or erect, ovate-lanceolate, 10–17 × 3–5 mm, margins deeply pinnatifid, tip 4–6 × 0.5 mm, abaxially eglandular;

petals rose, pink, or white, sweet-scented, 18–25 × 15–18 mm;

carpels 26–36, styles villous, exsert 1–2 mm beyond stylar orifice (0.7–1.5 mm diam.) of hypanthial disc (4–5 mm diam.).

(2–)3–3.5(–5) cm diam.;

hypanthium ovoid, rarely oblong or globose, 3–6 × 3–5 mm, glabrous, eglandular, rarely stipitate-glandular, neck (0–)0.5–1 × 1.5–3.5 mm;

sepals spreading, ovate-lanceolate, 8–15(–21) × 1.5–2.5 mm, tip 4–6 × 0.3–1(–2) mm, margins usually entire, abaxial surfaces glabrous, eglandular, sometimes sessile- or stipitate-glandular;

petals single, pink to deep rose, 15–20(–25) × 15–20(–25) mm;

stamens 65;

carpels (16–)20–40(–50), styles exsert 1–2 mm beyond stylar orifice (2–2.5 mm diam.) of hypanthial disc (3–5 mm diam.).

Hips

red, globose, ovoid, urceolate, or ellipsoid, 10–16(–24) × 6–16 mm, glabrous, eglandular;

sepals deciduous as hips mature, reflexed.

red, orange-red, or purplish red, globose, depressed-globose, ovoid, oblong, or urceolate, 6–13(–16) × 5–12(–15) mm, fleshy, usually glabrous, eglandular, neck (0–)1–2 × 3–4(–7) mm;

sepals persistent, erect to spreading.

Achenes

14–23, tan, 5–6 × 3–3.5 mm.

basiparietal, 15–40, tan to dark tan, (3.5–)4–5(–6) × 2–4 mm.

2n

= 35.

Rosa canina

Rosa woodsii

Phenology Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Foothills, woodlands, along roads and railways, abandoned homesteads, riparian habitats
Elevation 0–700 m [0–2300 ft]
Distribution
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AL; AR; AZ; CA; CT; ID; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MO; NC; NE; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; TN; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; BC; NB; NS; ON; QC; Europe; wc Asia (Turkmenistan); n Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico, Central America, South America, Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia]
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AK; AZ; CA; CO; IA; ID; KS; MN; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OK; OR; SD; TX; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; MB; NT; ON; SK; YT; n Mexico
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Discussion

Rosa canina occurs sporadically throughout Canada and the United States in disturbed areas. Shrubs lack rhizomes and have arching stems with paired or single curved infrastipular prickles all more or less uniform in length. Sepals (abaxially), stipules, petioles, rachises, pedicels, blades (abaxially, except some veins), hypanthia, and hips are all glabrous and most are also eglandular.

W. J. Bean (1970–1988) cited Rosa canina var. corymbifera (Borkhousen) Rouy, R. canina var. dumetorum (Thuillier) Baker, and R. dumetorum as synonyms of R. corymbifera, and that treatment is followed here.

Moderate evidence exists for the efficacy of powdered achenes and hip receptacles of Rosa canina to treat patients suffering from osteoarthritis, specifically of the knee and hip (K. Winther et al. 2005; C. Chrubasik et al. 2006).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Subspecies 6 (6 in the flora).

Rosa woodsii is the most common and most variable rose species in central and western North America (W. H. Lewis and B. Ertter 2007, 2010). Among its diagnostic features are relatively slender prickles, usually 1-serrate, eglandular leaflets, and a finely velutinous indument of 0.2–0.5 mm hairs on petioles and rachises. Its range extends from the prairies of Canada and the United States to inland Alaska and to north-central New Mexico, California east of the Cascade Mountains and Sierra Nevada, and northern Mexico.

At least 25 species names have been proposed to accommodate variation encompassed here within Rosa woodsii; some of these names have been used extensively (for example, R. fendleri Crépin, R. macounii Greene). The six subspecies recognized here represent significant morphological tendencies occurring in well-defined ecogeographic settings (W. H. Lewis and B. Ertter 2007, 2010). Localized varieties are recognized within two of the subspecies. Plants with intermediate characteristics often occur in transitional zones, and occasional anomalous collections display features not otherwise characteristic of a given ecogeographic region.

Leaves of Rosa woodsii inhibit HIV-1 replication in acutely infected cells. Both oleanolic and pomolic acids were identified as anti-HIV agents (Y. Kashiwada et al. 1998). Root decoctions of R. woodsii were drunk by the Shoshoni as a blood tonic for general debility and to treat diarrhea, and also by the Paiute for treating diarrhea (W. H. Lewis and M. P. F. Elvin-Lewis 2003).

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Key
1. Infrastipular prickles usually erect (erect or curved in subsp. gratissima, rarely curved in subsp. woodsii), sometimes absent; sepals abaxially eglandular, rarely stipitate-glandular (except subsp. woodsii n of 49° parallel); mostly w of Wasatch Range or e of Continental Divide
→ 2
1. Infrastipular prickles usually curved or hooked, rarely absent; sepals often abaxially stipitate-glandular (except subsp. puberulenta); centered in Colorado Plateau Subprovince
→ 4
2. Shrubs 2–10(–20) dm; stems usually densely branched; terminal leaflets usually obovate; centered in prairies and plains e of Continental Divide, occasionally extending w through passes.
subsp. woodsii
2. Shrubs usually 10–30(–50) dm; stems openly to densely branched; terminal leaflets ovate, ovate-elliptic, obovate, or elliptic; mostly within or w of Wasatch Range and n Rocky Mountains
→ 3
3. Prickles sparse or absent on distal stems and branches; stems openly branched; inflorescences (1–)3–10(–25)-flowered; centered in n Great Basin and Columbia Plateau.
subsp. ultramontana
3. Prickles usually abundant on distal stems and branches; stems densely branched; inflorescences 1–3(–5+)-flowered; centered in Mojave Desert.
subsp. gratissima
4. Shrubs 2–10(+) dm; stems usually densely branched; terminal leaflets obovate, sometimes ovate or elliptic; high montane forests to scrub oak woodlands, 2100–3300 m.
subsp. manca
4. Shrubs 10–25+ dm; stems openly branched; terminal leaflets elliptic, rarely cordate or ovate; riparian sites in bottomlands, extending into mountains along waterways, 1300–2400 m
→ 5
5. Sepals usually eglandular abaxially; prickles usually falcate, sometimes erect, declined, or introrse; terminal leaflets 20–40 mm; center of Colorado Plateau Subprovince.
subsp. puberulenta
5. Sepals usually densely stipitate-glandular abaxially; prickles usually strongly curved or hooked, sometimes introrse; terminal leaflets 10–30 mm; Apachian and s edge of Colorado Plateau Subprovinces.
subsp. arizonica
Source FNA vol. 9, p. 90. FNA vol. 9, p. 105.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Roseae > Rosa > subg. Rosa > sect. Caninae Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Roseae > Rosa > subg. Rosa > sect. Rosa
Sibling taxa
R. acicularis, R. arkansana, R. blanda, R. bracteata, R. bridgesii, R. californica, R. carolina, R. cinnamomea, R. foliolosa, R. gallica, R. glauca, R. gymnocarpa, R. laevigata, R. lucieae, R. minutifolia, R. mollis, R. multiflora, R. nitida, R. nutkana, R. palustris, R. pinetorum, R. pisocarpa, R. rubiginosa, R. rugosa, R. setigera, R. sherardii, R. spinosissima, R. spithamea, R. stellata, R. tomentosa, R. virginiana, R. woodsii
R. acicularis, R. arkansana, R. blanda, R. bracteata, R. bridgesii, R. californica, R. canina, R. carolina, R. cinnamomea, R. foliolosa, R. gallica, R. glauca, R. gymnocarpa, R. laevigata, R. lucieae, R. minutifolia, R. mollis, R. multiflora, R. nitida, R. nutkana, R. palustris, R. pinetorum, R. pisocarpa, R. rubiginosa, R. rugosa, R. setigera, R. sherardii, R. spinosissima, R. spithamea, R. stellata, R. tomentosa, R. virginiana
Subordinate taxa
R. woodsii subsp. arizonica, R. woodsii subsp. gratissima, R. woodsii subsp. manca, R. woodsii subsp. puberulenta, R. woodsii subsp. ultramontana, R. woodsii subsp. woodsii
Synonyms R. corymbifera, R. dumetorum, R. montezumae
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 491. (1753) Lindley: Ros. Monogr., 21. (1820)
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