Rosa davurica Pall.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Rosa

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 1-1.5 m high and spreads 1.2 m wide. It has straight prickles. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are small. The flowers are pink ad occur in groups or 1-3. The fruit are small, oval hips that are red.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.2
Mature height (meter) 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a cool temperate plant. It is native to northern China. It grows in sunny places between 400-2,500 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 5-9. In Inner Mongolia.
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Open places, birch forests and sparse larch forests. In sunny places or at margins of forests on slopes, in grassy places on hills; at elevations from 430-2,500 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

The mature fruit are eaten. They are used for jam or wine. The leaves, flowers and fruit are used for a tea like drink.
Uses medicinal tea
Edible flowers fruits leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Appetite stimulants (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs scarification.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment scarification
Minimum temperature (C°) -25
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:732243-1
WFO ID wfo-0001007078
COL ID -
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rosa davurica