Rosaceae FAMILY

Rosa davurica glabra

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rosa davurica glabra is an erect, deciduous shrub with sparsely prickly branches; it grows around 1.5 metres tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. It is grown as an ornamental, and is also cultivated for use as a rootstock for other ornamental roses[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - northeast China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), northern Korea

HabitatSunny places at margins of forests on slopes, in grassy places on hills; at elevations from 430 - 2,500 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].