Rosa rugosa
Common name
rugosa rose
Family
Rosaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
ROSRUG
Conservation status
Not applicable
Similar taxa
Shoot, petioles and lower part of prickles tomentose, the shoots and petioles also usually bearing prickles and pricklets; leaves thick and rugose; flowers 4-8 cm diameter, single.
Flower colours
Red/Pink
Year naturalised
1958
Origin
Korea, Japan, E. China
Etymology
rugosa: Wrinkled