Family |
Rosaceae
Rosa × andegavensis
Bastard
Rosa × andegavensis Bastard
First published in Essai Fl. Maine et Loire: 189 (1809).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, pp. 194–195, Pl. LXX, 7; 1970)
Description
Synonyms: Rosa canina var. andegavensis (Bastard) N.H.F.Desp.
Life-form & habit: Mouterde treats this taxon as a variety of Rosa canina, a shrub 1–2 m tall with curved branches, glabrous shoots and strong, uniform, recurved prickles.
Leaves: In Mouterde’s Rosa canina account, leaves are glabrous, with 5–7 elliptic or oval leaflets and a single row of sharp teeth.
Inflorescence & flowers: Mouterde distinguishes var. andegavensis by glandular bristles on the flower stalks, persisting on the fruit stalks. The surrounding Rosa canina account describes a glabrous calyx tube, downward-reflexed sepals and a pale corolla.
Fruit: The Rosa canina account describes glabrous, egg-shaped to urn-shaped or rounded hips; the stalks of var. andegavensis are glandular-bristly.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Spring, in Mouterde’s Rosa canina account.
Habitat & elevation: Woodland and hedges, in Mouterde’s Rosa canina account.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Ehden forest, specifically recorded under var. andegavensis.
Syrian distribution: Jabal Gharbi and Zebdani, specifically recorded under var. andegavensis.
Recorded locations: Sannine and Bqaatouta.
Native range: Belgium, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Morocco and Spain.
Introduced into: Albania and Lebanon-Syria.
⚠️ Taxonomic note:
Kew accepts Rosa × andegavensis as the hybrid R. canina × R. stylosa and records it as introduced in Lebanon-Syria. Mouterde treats it as a variety of R. canina. The general morphology, flowering and habitat above are explicitly drawn from that historical parent account; the glandular-bristly stalks and listed localities are given for the variety itself.