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Annual to tree
Leaves simple to pinnately to palmately compound, generally alternate; stipules free to fused, persistent to deciduous
Inflorescence: cyme, raceme, panicle, or flowers solitary
Flower generally bisexual, radial; hypanthium free or fused to ovary, saucer- to funnel-shaped, often with bractlets alternate with sepals; sepals generally 5; petals generally 5, free; stamens (0)5many, pistils (0)1many, simple or compound; ovary superior to inferior, styles 15
Fruit: achene, follicle, drupe, pome, or blackberry- to raspberry-like
Seeds generally 15
Genera in family: 110 genera, ± 3000 species: worldwide, especially temp. Many cultivated for ornamental and fruit, especially Cotoneaster , Fragaria , Malus , Prunus , Pyracantha, Rosa , and Rubus
Reference: [Robertson 1974 J Arnold Arbor 55:303332,344401,611662]
Family description, key to genera by Barbara Ertter and Dieter H. Wilken.
Shrub to vine, often thicket-forming, generally prickly
Leaves generally odd-pinnately compound; stipules generally attached to petiole, generally gland-margined
Inflorescence: generally ± cyme or flowers solitary
Flower: hypanthium urn-shaped; bractlets 0; sepals 5, often with long expanded tip; petals generally 5 (except cultivars), generally pink in CA (white to red or yellow); stamens generally > 20; pistils generally many, ovaries superior, jointed to generally hairy styles
Fruit: bony achenes enclosed in fleshy, generally reddish hypanthium (hip)
Species in genus: 100+ species: generally n temp
Etymology: (Latin: ancient name)
Spp. hybridize freely; other non-natives established locally.
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Shrub, loose to thicket-forming, generally 530 dm
Stem gray- or red-brown; prickles fewmany, generally ± slender, generally ± straight
Leaf: leaflets (sub)glabrous; terminal leaflet ± 1040 mm, ± elliptic, tip ± obtuse, margins single-toothed, glandless
Inflorescence generally 15-flowered; pedicels generally ± 1020 mm, generally ± glabrous, glandless
Flower: hypanthium generally 35 mm wide at flower, glabrous, neck 24 mm wide; sepals glandless, generally entire (or with simple, linear lobes), tip generally ± = body, entire; petals generally 1520 mm; pistils generally > 10
Fruit 512 mm wide
Ecology: Generally ± moist areas
Elevation: 8003400 m.
Bioregional distribution: High Cascade Range, High Sierra Nevada, San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, Great Basin Floristic Province, Desert Mountains
Distribution outside California: to British Columbia, Montana, Nevada
Flowering time: MayJul
Synonyms: vars. glabrata (Parish) Cole and gratissima (Greene) Cole
Some DMtns plants have thick-based, curved prickles. Var. woodsii in c US
Horticultural information: DRN, SUN: 4, 5, 6 &IRR: 15, 16, 17 &part SHD: 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; rather INV; also STBL.