Rosa_mollis

<i>Rosa mollis</i>

Rosa mollis

Species of flowering plant

Rosa mollis is a species of wild rose.[1] Common name: soft downy-rose.[2] It is most closely related to Rosa villosa.[3]: 98  Rosa mollis can be distinguished from Rosa villosa by its longer leaves and pruinose stem, which is absent in the latter.[4] Rosa mollis usually blossoms in Germany for approximately 5 weeks from the end of June to July[5]

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It is native to the Caucasus[1] and parts of Europe: the British Isles, Scandinavia, and the lands around the Baltic. It has been commonly reported in isolated areas throughout the rest of Europe; this fact has prompted the editors of Atlas Florae Europaeae to raise the question whether these may not be cases of misidentification of either Rosa villosa or Rosa sherardii.[3]: 101–2 

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References

  1. [1]
    "Rosa mollis Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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    Rosa mollis Sm.
  3. [3]
    Kurtto, Arto; Lampinen, Raino; Junikka, Leo (2004). Atlas florae Europaeae, distribution of vascular plants in Europe. 13: Rosaceae (Spiraea to Fragaria, excl. Rubus). Helsinki: Committee for mapping the flora of Europe and Societas Biologica Fennica. ISBN 978-951-9108-14-8.
  4. [4]
    Kellner, Alexandra; Ritz, Christiane M; Wissemann, Volker (2013-12-20). "Low genetic and morphological differentiation in the European species complex of Rosa sherardii, R. mollis and R. villosa (Rosa section Caninae subsection Vestitae): Population Genetics in Dog Roses (Vestitae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (2): 240–256. doi:10.1111/boj.12124.
  5. [5]
    Kellner, Alexandra; Ritz, Christiane M.; Wissemann, Volker (2012-10-19). "Hybridization with invasive Rosa rugosa threatens the genetic integrity of native Rosa mollis: Hybridization in Rosa". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 170 (3): 472–484. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01298.x.
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