Rosa-sempervirens_6

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Rosa sempervirens L., syn.: Rosa serafinii subsp. scandens (Mill.) Arcang., Rosa candolleana Thory, Rosa atrovirens Viv EN: Rambling Rose, Evergreen Rose, DE: Immergrne RoseSlo.: vednozeleni ipekDat.: June 14. 2008Lat.: 45.81975 Long.: 13.61105Code: Bot_0271/2008_DSC9444Habitat: rocky bushland with grassland patches; moderately inclined hill slope, south aspect, calcareous, skeletal ground; open, warm and dry place; Karst region, elevation 200 m (660 feet); average precipitations 1.500-1.600 mm/year, average temperature 12-13 deg C, Sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: West of the village Sela na Krasu, next to the path to Slovenia-Italy border crossing Klarii, Brestovki dol, Primorska, Slovenia EC. Comment: Rosa sempervirens is a warmth loving rose and one of not so many growing in south Europe (more north the diversity of species of the genus Rosa is much more picturesque). It is most frequent in Mediterranean region. It touches the Alps only in a tiny, most south-west part of them where they themselves touch the Mediterranean Sea. Also in Slovenia it is limited to the warmest part of the country near Adriatic Sea shore. The pictures were taken in Brestaniki dol valley, which is the hottest spot in my country.The most characteristic traits of Rosa sempervirens are shiny, sharply toothed and quite leathery leaflets of the same green color on both sides and long styles, which are fused together into a column of comparable length to the inner stamens.Ref.:(1) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 273.(2) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 1., Haupt (2004), p 736.(3) M. Blamey, C. Grey-Wilson, Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean, A & C Black, London (2005), p 74.