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Rosa multiflora
Native to East Asia, it is a scrambling shrub climbing over other plants to a height of 3–5 m, with stout stems with recurved thorns. The leaves are 5–10 cm long, compound, with 5-9 leaflets. The flowers are produced in large corymbs, each flower small, 1.5–4 cm diameter, white or pink, borne in early summer.
Considered invasive and a pest plant in some areas of North America, it grows well in waste soil.
This specimen might be suffering from "Rose Rosette Disease" a viral infection that is devastating to wild roses.
Spotted on May 10, 2008
Submitted on Feb 4, 2012
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