''Rosa ecae'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
Rosaceae
Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera.
The name is derived from the type genus '' Rosa''. The family includes herbs, shrubs, and trees. Most species are deciduous, but som ...
, native to Central Asia (except Kazakhstan), Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the western Himalayas.
A shrub reaching , it is very similar to ''
Rosa xanthina
''Rosa xanthina'', the yellow rose or Manchu rose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to China, Mongolia, and Korea. Its cultivar 'Canary Bird' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit
The ...
''.
It is a probable parent of the hybrids 'Golden Chersonese' and 'Helen Knight'.
References
ecae
Flora of Central Asia
Flora of Afghanistan
Flora of Pakistan
Flora of West Himalaya
Plants described in 1880
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