Rosa hirtula, the sanshou-bara or Hakone rose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae.[2][3] It is found only in the vicinity of Mount Fuji and neighboring Mount Hakone in Japan, and is the town flower of Hakone.[4][5]

Rosa hirtula
At the Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands
Foliage
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rosa
Species:
R. hirtula
Binomial name
Rosa hirtula
Synonyms[1]
  • Rosa microphylla var. hirtula Regel in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 322 (1878)
  • Rosa roxburghii var. hirtula (Regel) Rehder & E.H.Wilson in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 2: 320 (1915)

The pale pink, single flowers can be as wide as 7.5 cm (3 in).[3] Quite unusually for a rose, it can take on a tree-like growth form,[6] and reach up to 6 m (20 ft) tall. It has 4-9 pairs of leaves, the leaflets are each 1 to 3 cm (0.4 to 1.2 in) long. It flowers between May and June.[7]

The causal fungus of a rust disease of Rosa hirtula was thought to be a common species Phragmidium rosae-multiflorae. After a study in 2019, it was concluded that it was a species distinct from P. rosae-multiflorae; and a new name, Phragmidium satoanum, was proposed for it.[8]

References

edit
  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2083: attempt to index a boolean value.
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2083: attempt to index a boolean value.
  3. ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2083: attempt to index a boolean value.
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2083: attempt to index a boolean value.
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2083: attempt to index a boolean value.
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2083: attempt to index a boolean value.
  7. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2083: attempt to index a boolean value.
  8. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2083: attempt to index a boolean value.