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| THE ROSE FAMILY | |||||||||
| The rose family is one of the most
well known plant families in Saskatchewan. Plants in this family are trees,
shrubs or herbs. The shrubs or trees are commonly armed with prickles or
spines. The leaves can be simple or compound and frequently have a saw-toothed
margin. A pair of stipules is usually present at the base of the stem leaves.
The flowers are in various types of clusters or can be solitary. The flowers
are frequently brightly coloured and showy. The flowers have five sepals
and petals, five to many stamens in whorls and one to many fused or distinct
carpels. The fruits can be drupes (ex. cherry), pomes (ex. apple), or aggregates
of achenes (ex. strawberry), pods, or drupelets (ex. raspberry). Many fruit crops are members of the rose family. Cherry, apple, pear, raspberry and strawberry are examples. Roses are used for medicine and for their essential oils. Many roses are grown as ornamentals in gardens. |
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| SMOOTH ROSE | |||||||||
| LATIN NAME: Rosa blanda var. blanda | |||||||||
| WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? | |||||||||
| Smooth rose is a woody shrub that is largely without prickles. The leaves are divided into five to seven egg-shaped leaflets. The leaflets are yellowish-green above and pale green below. The stipules are rather broad and usually lightly woolly. The flowers are large with pink petals and numerous stamens. The fruit is called a hip and consists of a red, fleshy, hypanthium surrounding 20 to 40 bony seeds. | |||||||||
| WHERE DOES IT GROW? | |||||||||
| Smooth rose grows in open woods along rivers and in shrub thickets. | |||||||||
| WHERE IS IT FOUND IN SASKATCHEWAN? | |||||||||
| This plant is found in eastern to central Saskatchewan in the Moist Mixed Grassland, Aspen Parkland, Boreal Transition, and Mid-Boreal Lowland ecoregions. | |||||||||
| WHY IS IT RARE? | |||||||||
| Smooth rose is threatened because of rarity in Saskatchewan. Possible threats have been identified for this species. | |||||||||
| HOW TO IDENTIFY SMOOTH ROSE | |||||||||
| * Are the flowers large and pink? * Are the stems without prickles? * Are the fruits red, fleshy and containing many seeds? * Did you find it in central to eastern Saskatchewan? | |||||||||
| If you answered yes to all of these questions, you may have found smooth rose! | |||||||||
