Irish wildflowers
Photographs: Co. Waterford |
Many-flowered Rose Rosa multiflora Family: Rosaceae Flowering June-July. Deciduous shrub. Introduced. The white flowers with narrow petals are usually in clusters of 8-10, the pedicels with glandular hairs. Small hips with strongly reflexed sepals. Leaves are lighter-green underneath, sometimes pubescent, and have 7-9 leaflets, Strong scrambling growth to 5m. Grown in gardens and used as a rootstock for garden roses. Scattered distribution in Ireland as a garden escape. Identified by Paul Green |
Many-flowered Rose, Rosa multiflora
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