Rosa helenae

Rehder & E. Wilson

Rosaceae

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Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. In China it grows beside streams between 1,000-3,000 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Asia, Australia, China, Indochina, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A shrub. It has long branches up to 9 m long. There are scattered prickles. The leaves are 8-17 cmlong. There are 7-9 leaflets. These are 3-4 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The fruit or hips are oval and deep red. They are 1-1.5 cm long by 1 cm wide.

References (2)

Anderson, E. F., 1993, Plants and people of the Golden Triangle. Dioscorides Press. p 220
Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9

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