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.

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 +