Shrub or Tree
multiflora rose
AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
Yellow and red variegated, yellow apicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
cap
Tubercles are irregularly scattered
A cap on the apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
is present.
AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
is not symmetrical, tends to be more curved on one side than on the other. Some achenesAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
are not uniformly rounded but have flat facets on the surface. ApicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
cap varies in size.
State Noxious Weed: Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Included
Rosaceae
Rosa multiflora Thunb.
Rosa multiflora Thunb. f. multiflora
Rosa multiflora Thunb. f. watsoniana (Crép.) Matsum.
Rosa multiflora Thunb. var. cathayensis Rehder & E.H. Wilson
Rosa multiflora Thunb. var. multiflora