Rosa sempervirens L.

Spice Stigma detail Fruit detail Flower In the field

Family: ROSACEAE

Genus: Rosa

Catalan common name: Gabarrera. Gardans. Gavarrera mosqueta. Rosa boscana. Roser bord. Roser de pastor. Roser englantiner.

Spanish common name: Mosqueta común. Rosal silvestre.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Nanophanerophyte.

Habitats: Oakforest. Hedges. Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Holm oak forest. Bramble patch.

Characteristics: A shrub composed of climbing stems, and can top at 6 m. or more. The leaves have 3-5 coriaceous, dentate and very shiny folioles. The white coloured flower is characterized by its stamens that are fused in the form of a column. The sepals, entire or lobate, with glands along the margin or the foliole reverse, are directed out or downwards, and fall off before the urnula matures. The urnula is ovoid-subglobose and red in colour.

Observations: A classification key is indispensable to correctly identify all of the rose species.