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30-MAY-2014 Dick Keely

Prickly Wild Rose (Rosa acicularis)

Kildare Town, Co. Kildare

Rosa acicularis, also known as the prickly wild rose, the prickly rose, the bristly rose and the Arctic rose.
It is a species of wild rose with a distribution in the northern regions of Asia, Europe, and North America.
It is a deciduous shrub growing 1–3 m tall. The leaves are pinnate, 7–14 cm long, with three to seven leaflets.
The flowers are pink (rarely white), 3.5–5 cm diameter; the hips are red, pear-shaped to ovoid, 10–15 mm diameter.
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Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)15-Jul-2015 20:43
Beautifully done. V
Paolo
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