Rose of the great hawk - Rose of the great hawk

...Others, which grow in lowlands and have large flowers, include the wild rose R. sambucina Koidz., which is distributed from the southern Chubu region of Honshu to Kyushu, but not in large numbers. The above are wild roses with white flowers, but among the ones with red flowers are the alpine rose R. acicularis Lindl. and its variant var. nipponensis Koehne, the former of which is distributed in Hokkaido and central and northern Honshu, and the latter in the mountainous areas of central Honshu and Shikoku. The Japanese pepper rose R. hirtula Nakai, as its name suggests, has leaves similar to Japanese pepper and also produces pale pink flowers. It has a narrow distribution range for a wild rose, growing in Kanagawa, Yamanashi, and Shizuoka prefectures, and is often seen around Hakone. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Great Barbarian Rose" is listed below.

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…そのほか，低地に生えて花の大きいものにヤマイバラR.sambucina Koidz.があり，本州中部地方南部から九州まで分布するが，多くない。以上は，花の白い野生バラであるが，紅色の花が咲くもののなかには，高山に生えるオオタカネバラR.acicularis Lindl.と，その変種のタカネバラvar.nipponensis Koehneがあり，前者は北海道と本州中北部に，後者は本州中部と四国の山地に分布する。サンショウバラR.hirtula Nakaiは，名のごとく葉がサンショウに似ており，やはり淡紅色の花を開き，野生のバラとしては分布範囲が狭く，神奈川，山梨および静岡県に生じ，箱根のあたりではよく目につく。…

※「オオタカネバラ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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