Rosa micrantha Borrer ex Sm.

Spice Detail

Family: ROSACEAE

Genus: Rosa

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Eurosiberian

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Nanophanerophyte.

Habitats: Hedges. Xero-acanthic shrubs of the mountanous regions, and steppe-grasslands of Ampelodesmos mauritanica. Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Bramble patch.

Characteristics: A robust shrub that can grow to 3 m. in height. Characteristic of this species are the dark coloured glands located on the reverse of the folioles; these glands give of an apply aroma, in addition to the very evident brown coloured glands located at the foliole margin. Sepals project out and downwards, and fall off before the urnula matures. This species differs from R. agrestis as it has glands on the reverse of the sepals and pedicels.

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