Rosa gymnocarpa var. gymnocarpa

IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Rosa abietorum Greene R. helleri Greene R. leucopsis Greene R. piscatoria Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 116. Mentioned on page 117.
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Stems 3–15 (–25) dm. Leaves (2–) 4–10 (–17) × (1.5–) 3–6 (–8) cm; stipules 6–15 mm; leaflets (5–) 7–9 (–11), usually bright green, thin, terminal: petiolule (3–) 5–12 (–20) mm, blade elliptic to narrowly obovate or ovate, (5–) 10–40 (–60) × (5–) 10–20 (–40) mm, apex usually obtuse, sometimes nearly acute or rounded. Pedicels (10–) 15–25 (–35) mm, stipitate-glandular, rarely eglandular. Flowers 1.5–3 cm diam.; petals 8–15 × 6–13 mm. Hips irregularly ellipsoid or ellipsoid to nearly globose. Achenes (1–) 4–10 (–13). 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering (Feb–)Apr–Jul.
Habitat: Light shade (rarely full sun) in open woodlands, forest edges, often near streams or rocky sites
Elevation: 0–2000 m

Distribution

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B.C., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

The Saanich of southern Vancouver Island consider var. gymnocarpa a spiritual plant, used for bringing strength and ritual protection: by young people at puberty, by new dancers, and for the recently bereaved who have lost close relatives (N. J. Turner, pers. comm.).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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stipitate-glandular +  and glabrous +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
cream +  and pale-brown +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
basiparietal +  and basal +
2mm +  and 4mm +
rounded;acute;obtuse +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Walter H. Lewis +, Barbara Ertter +  and Anne Bruneau +
Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray +
reddish-brown +
glabrous +  and glaucous +
exfoliating +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
lustrous +  and dull +
elliptic +  and narrowly obovate or ovate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
membranous +  and more or less leathery +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +  and 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
free +  and distinct +
1-16(-50)-flowered +
rarely puberulent +  and tomentose +
rarely puberulent +  and tomentose +
B.C. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
not +  and aggregated +
0–2000 m +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 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 +
Light shade (rarely full sun) in open woodlands, forest edges, often near streams or rocky sites +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
ellipsoid +  and nearly globose +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 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 +
ovoid-urceolate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
leathery +  and fleshy +
1-16(-50)-flowered +
crassinucellate +
sparse +  and dense +
3-foliate +  and compound +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
deciduous +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +  and 10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
leathery +  and membranous +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
petiolulate +  and subsessile +
bright green +
elliptic +  and obovate more or less oblong obovate-elliptic lanceolate-elliptic or obovate-oblong +
circumscissile +
well-defined +
entire +  and 2+-serrate +
short-stipitate-glandular +  and stipitate-glandular +
pinnatifid +, entire +, undulate +, sinuate +  and serrulate +
distinct +
0mm +  and 2mm +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
inferior +  and superior +
clustered +, biseriate +  and superposed +
1-30(-50)-flowered +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
stipitate-glandular +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
free +  and distinct +
8mm;15mm +
obovate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
stipitate-glandular +, puberulent +  and glabrous +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Flowering (Feb–)Apr–Jul. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
mixed +  and paired +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0 +  and 2 +
terete +  and subulate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. +
stipitate-glandular +, puberulent +  and glabrous +
not arillate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
deciduous +  and persistent +
free +  and distinct +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
ascending +  and reflexed +
lanceolate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
rarely densely puberulent +  and tomentose +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
free +  and distinct +
flexuous +
procumbent +  and sprawling +
spreading +  and erect +
1 +  and 20 +
slender +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 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 /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Rosa abietorum +, R. helleri +, R. leucopsis +  and R. piscatoria +
Rosa gymnocarpa var. gymnocarpa +
Rosa gymnocarpa +
variety +
0.1mm +  and 5mm +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
gland-tipped +
7 (?) +  and 13 (?) +
obtuse +  and acute +
inconspicuous +
enlarged +  and small +
rhizomatous +  and open +
subshrub +  and shrub +
small +  and miniature +