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Rosa prattii Hemsl.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Rosa prattii' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rosa/rosa-prattii/). Accessed 2023-06-01.

Genus

Glossary

acute
Sharply pointed.
apex
(pl. apices) Tip. apical At the apex.
corymbose
In form of corymb.
entire
With an unbroken margin.
lanceolate
Lance-shaped; broadest in middle tapering to point.
receptacle
Enlarged end of a flower stalk that bears floral parts; (in some Podocarpaceae) fleshy structure bearing a seed formed by fusion of lowermost seed scales and peduncle.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Rosa prattii' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rosa/rosa-prattii/). Accessed 2023-06-01.

A shrub 4 to 8 ft high in the wild; prickles narrow, straight, slightly dilated at the base. Leaflets five to seven, elliptic or lanceolate, rarely obovate, to about 5⁄8 in. long, acute, downy beneath, obscurely toothed. Flowers up to seven or so in a corymbose cluster, pink, about 1 in. wide; pedicels slender, 1⁄2 to 5⁄8 in. long, clad like the receptacle with gland-tipped bristles. Sepals entire, abruptly narrowed at the apex, contracted at the base. Fruits orange-red or scarlet.

Native of W. Szechwan, where it is common in thickets at altitudes of 7,000 to 11,000 ft; discovered by A. E. Pratt and introduced by Wilson in 1903. A pretty rose, now uncommon in gardens, allied to R. davidii.

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