Sunday, December 8, 2013

Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)

Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora), leaves and flowers


Multiflora Rose, Rosa multiflora, blossom

Multiflora Rose, Rosa multiflora, blossom and buds, with syrphid fly 

Multiflora Rose, Rosa multiflora, young leaves

Multiflora Rose, Rosa multiflora, hips (berries)

Multiflora Rose, Rosa multiflora, twig with buds and recurved thorns

Multiflora Rose, Rosa multiflora, twig with recurved thorns

Multiflora Rose, Rosa multiflora, twig curving toward the ground, such that the thorns are upside down





multiflora rose
No other rose in NJ has hips the size of peas in clusters like this. 




Multiflora rose, Rosa multiflora, can have pink flowers

Multiflora rose, Rosa multiflora, is the only spontaneously occurring rose in NJ with stringy edges to the stipules (where the compound leaves attach to the stem) 

leaflets can be very rounded 

or leaflets can be quite elongated and pointed

rose rosette disease virus causes crumpled, misshapen, often reddened growth and will eventually kill the plant. 

fall color is dull yellow, generally with brown spots

more rosette disease

spent flowers


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