The Genus Rosa

Unidentified Rose - Domestic heirloom variety ?

1. Dog Rose: Rosa canina ?? - Shrub with curved prickles, pinnately compound leaves, and pink to white flowers. An introduced Eurasian species.

2. Sweetbriar Rose: Rosa eglanteria (Synonym: Rosa rubiginosa) -

3. Baldhip Rose, Dwarf Rose, Wood Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa (Synonyms: Rosa dasypoda, Rosa gymnocarpa var. gymnocarpa, Rosa helleri, Rosa leucopsis, Rosa prionota) - Shrub to 4 feet tall. Small (quarter sized) pink flowers with 5 petals. Stems armed with many small stickers. Leaves pinnately compound.

4. Harison's Rose, Pioneer Rose: Rosa xharisonii -

5. Multiflora Rose, Rambler Rose: Rosa multiflora -

6. Nootka Rose, Bristly Rose, Bristly Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana var. hispida (Synonym: Rosa spaldingii var. alta) - Shrub to 6 feet tall. Inflorescence of 1-3 large pink flowers with 5 wide petals, the flower being 50-75 mm across. Very fragrant. Stems armed with numerous stickers. Leaves compound pinnate.

7. Clustered Rose, Clustered Wild Rose, Peafruit Rose: Rosa pisocarpa (Synonyms: Rosa anacantha, Rosa pisocarpa var. rivalis, Rosa pringlei, Rosa rivalis) -

8. Pearhip Rose, Wood's Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana (Synonyms: Rosa covillei, Rosa macounii) - Shrub up to 2 meters high. Prickles straight or curved. Leaves pinnately compound with 5-9 leaflets. Leaflets obovate in shape, acute at base and acute to rounded at the tip. Margins either single- or double-toothed. Flowers 1-5 in a terminal cluster, each 30-45 mm across. Sepals 9-15 mm long.