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Rosa
A delicate pink garden rose, spotted early this morning still covered with dew. Cultivar/hybrid unknown.
Pubic garden on the shores of Lake Geneva
Did you know? The sharp objects along a rose stem we call "thorns" are in fact prickles — outgrowths of the epidermis (the outer layer of tissue of the stem). Citruses, for example, produce true thorns, which are are modified stems. These always originate at a node, and have nodes and internodes along the length of the thorn itself.
Spotted on May 26, 2011
Submitted on May 26, 2011
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