Rosa soulieana
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| Rosa soulieana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rosa |
| Species: | R. soulieana |
| Binomial name | |
| Rosa soulieana | |
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Rosa moschata var. yunnanensis Focke | |
Rosa soulieana, or Soulié's rose[2] (川滇蔷薇 chuan dian qiang wei), is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to China (southern Anhui, Chongqing, Sichuan, Tibet, and Yunnan).[3][4]
Growing to 2.5–4 m (8–13 ft) tall by 4–8 m (13–26 ft) broad, it is an extremely vigorous, deciduous shrub with very long, spiny branches, covered in masses of small, grey-green leaflets.[5] In summer it bears many small single white roses, each with a lax central boss of pale yellow. The flowers have a light clove scent, and are followed in autumn by orange-red hips.
In cultivation it can be trained as a rambler. It is hardy, but prefers a position in full sun.[2]
The plant was collected in China by the French missionary and botanist Jean-André Soulié. who sent samples back to the Vilmorin Collection in France around 1895. A plant was then sent to Kew Gardens in England in 1895.[5]
