Skye Flora

Burnet Rose


Rosa pimpinellifolia

 

Rosa pimpinellifolia

Photo © Carl Farmer
9 Jun 2003 Glenvarragill

Quite frequent in woods, beside streams, and among exposed heather and rocks.

Flower diameter c 2-4 cm.  Hips 1-1.5 cm

Skye ID: Spines straight, very numerous and close together, consisting of many short ones and some longer ones.  Also identifiable by purplish-black hips, though semi-decayed hips of other roses can turn darkish late in year.

Other features: Leaves have much smaller leaflets compared to total leaf length than other roses, so that overall leaf is parallel-sided in outline.  Usually 9-11 leaflets per leaf.

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Rosa pimpinellifolia

Photo © Carl Farmer
9 Jun 2003 Glenvarragill
Flower 3.8 cm across not straightened out
 

 
Rosa pimpinellifolia

Photo © Carl Farmer
18 Sep 2001 Sligachan
 

Small plant among upland rocks
 
 
Rosa pimpinellifolia

Photo © Carl Farmer
13 Oct 2002 Glenvarragill
 

Large and small spines

 

Rosa pimpinellifolia

Photo © Carl Farmer
13 Oct 2002 Glenvarragill
 

Hips
 


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