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Rosa majalis Herrm.

Double cinnamon rose (en), Rosier cannelle (fr), Rosier de mai (fr), Grand églantier (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Rosa

Characteristics

Colonial; stems 1–2 m, armed with curved, broad-based infrastipular prickles and often also with a few internodal prickles; lfls 5 or 7, sparsely pubescent above, densely so beneath, as also the rachis; pedicel glabrous, short, often not surpassing the bract; hypanthium wide-mouthed, glabrous; fls often double; pet dark rose-color, 2–3 cm; hips red; 2n=14. Native of Eurasia, often escaped from cult. (R. cinnamomea, misapplied)
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A shrub. It grows from 20 cm to 2 m high. The bark is bright brown-red on the thin branches. The thorns are curved and usually in pairs. The leaves are thin and compound with 3-7 oval leaflets. The flowers are pink and usually occur singly. They are 3-6 cm across. The fruit are smooth and orange-red.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread endozoochory
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 1.85 - 2.35
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 2.0
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Woods, shrubs, meadows etc, especially along river flood plains.
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In Kazakhstan it grows in meadows and river valleys.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses drinks drug dye environmental use food food additive medicinal tea
Edible flowers fruits seeds shoots stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, graftings or seedlings. Seeds needs scarification.
Mode cuttings graftings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment scarification
Minimum temperature (C°) -28
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Rosa majalis leaf picture by Отдел Экологии (cc-by-sa)
Rosa majalis leaf picture by Юрий Басов (cc-by-sa)
Rosa majalis leaf picture by Alexandra Norrsken (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Rosa majalis flower picture by Alexandra Norrsken (cc-by-sa)
Rosa majalis flower picture by Alexandra Norrsken (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Rosa majalis fruit picture by Nicola Loher (cc-by-sa)
Rosa majalis fruit picture by Nicola Loher (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Rosa majalis world distribution map, present in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Croatia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Lithuania, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:733218-1
WFO ID wfo-0001014409
COL ID 4TDL3
BDTFX ID 57163
INPN ID 118311
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Rosa willdenowii Rosa olgae Rosa pavlovii Rosa fischeriana Rosa collincola Rosa fraxinifolia Rosa microphylla Rosa foecundissima Rosa spinosissima Rosa cinnamomea Rosa balloniana Rosa cinnamomea var. acutifolia Rosa cinnamomea var. glabrifolia Rosa cinnamomea var. foecundissima Rosa majalis var. foecundissima Rosa majalis var. petropolitana Rosa cinnamomea var. petropolitana Rosa cinnamomea var. majalis Rosa majalis
WorldFloraDB 2024