rugosa rose - KPU Plant DB

Scientific Name:

Rosa rugosa

Pronunciation:

RO-zuh roo-GO-suh

Common Name:

rugosa rose

Family Name:

Rosaceae

Plant Type:

Shrub - deciduous

Key ID Features:

Large, vase-shaped shrub with stems covered in densely spaced prickles of various sizes (most 3-11mm long), and straighter and narrower to base than most other roses; leaves alternate, heavily veined, rugose, pinnately compound, 8-15cm long, stipules adnate (typical of roses), leaflets (5-)7(-9), elliptic-oblong, most 5-7cm long x 2-4cm wide, rugose (deeply wrinkled), glossy, dark green, undersides slightly pubescent, margin serrulate; flowers solitary, most 5-9cm wide, 5-many petals, white, pink-red-magenta.

Habit:

Spreading, Upright

Form:

Irregular, Round

Texture:

Medium

Mature Height:

1.3 - 2.0m

Mature Spread:

1.5 - 2.0m

Growth Rate:

Fast

Origin:

S.E. Asia / Japan / China, South Asia / India

Hardiness Rating:

Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C)

Exposure:

Full sun

Soil/Growing Medium:

Acidic, Rocky or gravelly or dry

Water Use:

Low

Landscape Uses:

Accent plant, Attract beneficial insects, Cut flower or foliage, Erosion control, Fragrance, Group or mass planting, Hedge row, Perennial border, Security/barrier

Additional Info:

Google. Cultivars shown or on campus may include R. 'Hansa' and R. 'F.J. Grootendorst'.

Leaf Morphology:

Glossary

Form:

Compound

Arrangement:

Alternate

Texture/Venation:

Leathery, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation

Surfaces:

Rugose, Pubescent

Compound Leaf:

Odd-pinnate

Colour in Summer:

Dark-green

Colour in Fall:

Orange

Shapes:

Elliptic, Oblong

Apices:

Acute

Bases:

Cuneate

Margins:

Serrate, Serrulate

Inflorescence Type:

Cyme

Flower Morphology:

Flowers perfect

Number Of Petals:

5

Corolla Shape:

Rotate/stellate

Ovary Position:

Perigynous

Colour (petals):

Showy, White, Violet, Pink, Magenta, Red

Flower Scent:

Fragrant, Sweet

Flower Time at Peak:

Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Additional Info:

Many simple pistils

Fruit Type:

Aggregate fruit, Achene, Edible

Fruit Colour:

Orange, Red

Fruiting Time:

Sep, Oct

Additional Info:

Showy, Accessory tissue, Edible, Persistent, Rose hips have accessory tissue that forms the outer fleshy red-orange covering which is derived from the floral tube (hypanthium)