Rosa henryi

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iRosa henryi

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Rosoideae
Genus: Rosa
Species: R. henryi
Binomial name
Rosa henryi
Boulenger

Rosa henryi is a rose species native to China . The species is an climbing shrub, 3–8 m, with long repent branches. Prickles absent or scattered, curved. Leaves glabrous or sparsely glandular-pubescent with commonly 5 leaflets. Flowers 5–15 in a umbel-like corymb, 3–4 cm in diameter, white, fragrant. Hips brownish red. Flowers in mid to late summer.

Forest margins, thickets or scrub, valleys or farmland at 1700-2000 m alt.

[edit] Cultivation and uses

Grown as an ornamental plant for its beautiful flowers.

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