Rosa-pendulina_Vrsic_14b

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Rosa pendulina L, syn.: Rosa alpina L.Alpine Rose, Drooping Rose, DE: Hngefrucht-Rose, Alpen Heckenrose, GebirgsroseSlo.: kimastoplodni ipek, alpski ipekDat.: July 1. 2018Lat.: 46.43792 Long.: 13.74716 (WGS84)Code: Bot_1144/2018_DSC04524Habitat: Moderately steep mountain slope, north aspect; light wood, Larix decidua, Pinus mugo, Fagus sylvatica dominant trees; among bushes; calcareous, stony ground; in half shade; elevation 1.555 m (5.100 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 2-4 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: North side of Vri pass; above the road in between last two, uppermost switchbacks, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comment: Rosa pendulina is a widespread species of the genus in western Slovenia. However, it is not really a common plant. To encounter a bush in full bloom is always a delight. Its habitus is medium sized, rarely taller than 1.5 m. One can recognize it by its large and deep colored purple-red flowers with little white in the center, oddly pinnate leaves with 7 to 9 leaflets, which are usually almost glabrous and long, hastate sepals, which remain dry on the fruit. The shape of the fruit is also characteristic. Hips are flask-shaped and hanging. Young sprouts and branches are without prickles. The prickles on the stem and older branches are thin and straight, sometimes dense and sometimes scarce.Ref.:(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 522.(2) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 1., Haupt (2004), p 740.(3) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 276. (4) luirig.altervista.org/pics/display.php?pos=236505 (accessed July 28.2020)