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Japanese Rose🌸
Rosa multiflora
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A wild rose native to the mountains and fields of Japan. Produces clusters of small white 5-petaled flowers in early summer, followed by small red rose hips in autumn. Branches bear thorns. Also widely used as rootstock for grafted roses.
Identification Points
- ✓Numerous white 5-petaled flowers bloom in clusters
- ✓Branches bear thorns
- ✓Small red globular hips (false fruits) form in autumn
- ✓Leaves are odd-pinnately compound
Habitat
Mountains, forest edges, riverbanks, roadsides
Season
May to June (flowers)
3D Specimen Model
Kyushu University, Shikano Lab (CC0)
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Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Compound
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf margin
Serrate
Leaf shape
Ovate
Growth form
Tree
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Petal count
5 petals
Petal fusion
Free
Flower color
White
Flowering season
Summer
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Plant sex
Hermaphrodite
Stamen count
3-4
Phylogenetic Positionバラ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Rosales > Rosaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous (approx. 90 million years ago onward)
Sources & References
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