Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Short-styled Field-rose, Rosa stylosa, Rós stíleach
Photographs: Co. Waterford

Short-styled Field-rose
Rosa stylosa
Rós stíleach
Family: Rosaceae

Flowering June - July. Deciduous shrub. Native.

Pale pink flowers, petals white at base. Thick conical disc, styles united in column shorter than inner sepals. Outer sepals lobed, reflexed, persistent. Pedicels with some stalked glands. Hips smooth. Leaflets single-toothed, downy beneath. Hooked prickles, stout bases. Stems arching, 2-4m.

Mainly Co. Cork and Co. Waterford, occasional in central Ireland, on well-drained calcareous soils, hedges and roadsides. Identified by Paul Green

Short-styled Field-rose, Rosa stylosa, Rós stíleach

Short-styled Field-rose, Rosa stylosa, Rós stíleach
Short-styled Field-rose, Rosa stylosa, Rós stíleach

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