WorldFloraDB - Rosa villosa

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 1.8 m tall and spreads 1.2 m wide. It loses its leaves during the year. The branches are stiff and straight. There are scattered thorns. The leaves are downy and grey-green. The flowers are single and pink. The fruit are large, round, red hips. They have bristles.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

endozoochory

Mature width (meter)

1.2

Mature height (meter)

1.8

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Woods, hedgerows, scrub etc. Amid shrubs, stony bluffs, sands.

More

It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 5-7.

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Soil texture
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw. They are also processed into preserves, wines, puddings, sauces, sweetmeats and drinks. The leaves are used as a substitute for tea.

Uses	environmental use experimental purposes food hedge medicinal ornamental tea windbreak
Edible	fruits leaves seeds
Therapeutic use	Tea (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°)	-27
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-