Rosa_lucieae

<i>Rosa lucieae</i>

Rosa lucieae

Species of plant

Rosa lucieae (syn. Rosa wichurana), the memorial rose, is a species of rose native to eastern Asia.[1][2]

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Description

It is a woody, semi-evergreen shrub, with long trailing thorny branches of glossy green leaves, and single five-petalled white flowers with prominent yellow stamens in Summer; followed by small dark red hips. It can grow to 6 m (20 ft). It is named after the German botanist Max Ernst Wichura (1817–1866), with the suffix -iana.

Uses

While it is valued as a garden plant in its own right, R. lucieae is also a parent of several rose hybrids, notably 'Dorothy Perkins', 'Albéric Barbier', 'New Dawn' and 'Albertine'. Its vigorous, rambling habit makes it particularly suitable for forming an impenetrable barrier at ground level, or for scrambling up large trees.[3] It has been introduced to the United States.[4]

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  • Sepals

References

  1. [1]
    The Oxford English dictionary (2nd ed.). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 1989. p. 21728. ISBN 0198611862.
  2. [2]
    "Rosa brunanii Franch. & Rochebr. ex Crép". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. [3]
    Botanica's roses: the encyclopedia of roses. United Kingdom: Grange books. 2006. p. 704. ISBN 1840130415.
  4. [4]
    "USDA Plants Database".


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