Rosa woodsii subsp. manca

(Greene) W. H. Lewis & Ertter

Novon 17: 351. 2007.

Common names: Mancos rose
EndemicIllustrated
Basionym: Rosa manca Greene Pittonia 4: 11. 1899
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 108. Mentioned on page 106, 114.

Shrubs, 2–10 (+) dm. Stems usually densely branched; prickles usually present on distal stems and branches, infrastipular curved or hooked, rarely erect, terete, 3–6 mm, internodal usually dense, rarely sparse or absent. Terminal leaflets obovate, sometimes ovate or elliptic, (6–) 13–17 (–35) mm. Inflorescences 1–3 (+) -flowered. Sepals: abaxial surfaces usually stipitate-glandular.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Rocky meadows, high mountain forests to aspen and scrub oak woodlands, along streams, moist ditch banks
Elevation: 2100–3300 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., N.Mex., Utah, Wyo.

Discussion

Subspecies manca [2x (DNA)] is the high-elevation representative of Rosa woodsii in the southern Rocky Mountains and outlying peaks and ridges of the Colorado Plateau, particularly characteristic of Gambel oak woodlands. Plants are relatively short and tend to have curved prickles, obovate leaflets, and stipitate-glandular sepals. As so circumscribed, this is not the R. manca of E. W. Erlanson (1934), which was regarded as a hexaploid (2n = 42) ecotype of R. nutkana. Neither is it the R. manca of A. Cronquist and N. H. Holmgren (1997), which represented a mixture of subsp. manca and R. nutkana, probably subsp. melina.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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sessile +  and eglandular +
stipitate-glandular +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
tan +  and dark tan +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
basiparietal +  and basal +
2mm +  and 4mm +
glabrous +  and glaucous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
lustrous +  and dull +
obtuse;acute +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Walter H. Lewis +, Barbara Ertter +  and Anne Bruneau +
(Greene) W. H. Lewis & Ertter +
exfoliating +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
obtuse +  and cuneate +
Rosa manca +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
lustrous +  and dull +
cordate +, ovate +, elliptic +  and obovate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
membranous +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +  and 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
persistent +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
free +  and distinct +
Mancos rose +
1-16(-50)-flowered +
rarely puberulent +  and tomentose +
rarely puberulent +  and tomentose +
Ariz. +, Colo. +, N.Mex. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
not +  and aggregated +
2100–3300 m +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
not +  and aggregated +
eglandular +  and glandular +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
urceolate +, pyriform +, oblong +, ellipsoid +, ovoid-obovoid +  and globose +
Rocky meadows, high mountain forests to aspen and scrub oak woodlands, along streams, moist ditch banks +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
puberulent-velutinous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
purplish red +, orange-red +  and red +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
urceolate +, oblong +, ovoid +, depressed-globose +  and globose +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
conic +  and flat +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
purplish black +, purplish red +, orange-red +  and red +
stipitate-glandular +  and glabrous +
globose +, oblong +  and ovoid +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
leathery +  and fleshy +
crassinucellate +
usually sparse +  and dense +
3-foliate +  and compound +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
deciduous +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
leathery +  and membranous +
petiolulate +  and subsessile +
elliptic +  and obovate more or less oblong obovate-elliptic lanceolate-elliptic or obovate-oblong +
eglandular +, ciliate +  and entire +
entire +, 1(-2+)-serrate +  and serrate +
undulate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
distinct +
1mm +  and 2mm +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
inferior +  and superior +
clustered +, biseriate +  and superposed +
1-30(-50)-flowered +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br />) +
stipitate-glandular +  and glabrous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
pink +  and deep rose +
free +  and distinct +
15mm;20mm +
obovate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
stipitate-glandular +  and glabrate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Jul. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
terete +  and hooked +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
stipitate-glandular +  and glabrate +
not arillate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br />) +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
erect +  and spreading +
ovatelanceolate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
rarely densely puberulent +  and tomentose +
Endemic +  and Illustrated +
free +  and distinct +
flexuous +
procumbent +  and sprawling +
1 +  and 20 +
slender +  and stout +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
persistent +
not elongate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
Rosa sect. Cinnamomeae +
Rosa woodsii subsp. manca +
Rosa woodsii +
subspecies +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
elliptic +, ovate +  and obovate +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
4mm +  and 6mm +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
7 (?) +  and 14 (?) +
inconspicuous +
enlarged +  and small +
rhizomatous +  and open +
small +  and miniature +