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Rosa caudata

Rosa caudata
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
China (Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan)

About

Rosa caudata is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It belongs to the genus Rosa and grows as a small tree in temperate environments. The species is native to China, where it occurs in the provinces of Hubei, Shaanxi, and Sichuan.

Rosa caudata was first published in Rosa 2:495 (1914) by the botanist John Gilbert Baker. The species has two accepted varieties, Rosa caudata var. caudata and Rosa caudata var. maxima, both of which grow as trees. The species has two recorded vernacular names: ruža chvostíkatá in Slovak and 尾萼薔薇 (wei e qiang wei) in Chinese.

Other Rosa plants

Chabertia elegans · Needle Rose · Rosa abrica · Abutalybov's Brier · Abyssinian Rose · Dog Rose · Prickly rose · Rosa adenophylla · Fieldbriar · Rosa alabukensis · White rose of York · Rosa alberti

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rosa caudata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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