Evergreen rose
Rosa sempervirens
Synonyms: Rosa scandens, Rosa amansii, Rosa fusca, Rosa × engolismensis, Rosa sempervirens var. aunisiensis, Rosa sempervirens var. laevipes, Rosa sempervirens f. inaperta, Rosa sempervirens var. ovoidea, Rosa sempervirens var. brachystyla, Rosa sempervirens var. leiostyla, Ripartia balearica, Rosa chaubardiana, Rosa arvensis var. candolleana, Rosa sempervirens var. nicaeensis, Rosa sempervirens var. submoschata, Rosa sempervirens var. opaca, Rosa sempervirens var. typica, Rosa sempervirens globosa, Rosa sempervirens subsp. scandens, Rosa sempervirens var. minor, Rosa sempervirens var. serrata, Rosa sempervirens var. glabriflora, Rosa prostrata var. microtricha, Rosa sempervirens var. gandogeriana, Rosa sempervirens var. denticulata, Rosa sempervirens var. micrantha, Rosa balearica, Rosa sempervirens f. acutissima, Rosa sempervirens var. scandens, Rosa sempervirens subsp. microphylla, Rosa sempervirens var. genuina, Rosa sempervirens var. abyssinica, Rosa melvinii, Rosa arvensis var. prostrata, Rosa prostrata, Rosa sempervirens var. grandifolia, Rosa sempervirens f. microphylla, Rosa sempervirens f. prostrata, Rosa sempervirens var. puberula, Rosa sempervirens subvar. pubescens, Rosa amicii, Rosa sempervirens var. pilosula, Rosa sempervirens f. conica, Rosa sempervirens var. martrinsiana, Rosa sempervirens subvar. brevistyla, Rosa gandogeriana, Rosa sempervirens var. prostrata, Rosa sempervirens var. leptostyla, Rosa sempervirens var. latifolia, Rosa sempervirens subvar. acutifolia, Rosa sempervirens var. inaperta, Rosa sempervirens var. brevepubens, Rosa sempervirens var. pedunculata, Rosa sempervirens var. bicknellii, Rosa sempervirens subvar. leiostyla, Ripartia sempervirens, Rosa choristylis, Rosa alba, Rosa atrovirens, Rosa sempervirens var. obtusata, Rosa sempervirens var. vireticola, Rosa sempervirens f. abortiva, Rosa sempervirens var. hemitrichostyla, Rosa sempervirens f. microtricha, Rosa sempervirens var. glandulosa, Rosa prostrata var. obtusiuscula, Rosa sempervirens var. dasoii, Rosa sempervirens var. reptans, Rosa sempervirens var. gibraltarica, Rosa sempervirens var. melvinii, Rosa sempervirens f. gandogeriana, Rosa serafinii subsp. scandens, Rosa sempervirens f. scandens, Rosa aunisiensis, Rosa sempervirens var. cerasoides, Rosa sempervirens var. pinnata, Rosa sempervirens var. levipes, Rosa prostrata f. leiostyla, Rosa lucida
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Botanical Description
Rosa sempervirens, the evergreen rose, is an evergreen scrambling or climbing shrub of the Rosaceae family native to the Mediterranean basin and adjacent western Europe. Free-standing plants form a bushy shrub to about 1.5 metres tall, while climbing canes can reach 3 to 3.5 metres through trees, hedges and rocks. The long, slender, green to red-tinged stems bear few small, slightly curved prickles. Distinctive among European roses are the glossy, leathery, evergreen leaves, persisting through much of winter; each leaf is pinnately compound with usually five and occasionally seven lanceolate-elliptic leaflets 2 to 5 centimetres long, with finely serrate margins and prominent venation. From May to July the plant produces solitary or clustered, lightly fragrant, simple five-petalled flowers 3 to 5 centimetres in diameter, pure white with a central boss of golden stamens. The fruit is a small, globose to ovoid hip about 1 centimetre long, ripening through orange to red. It grows in maquis, garrigue, hedgerows, open woods and rocky scrub on dry calcareous soils across southern Europe, north-west Africa and parts of the Near East.
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