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Shrub, deciduous, up to 2(3) m in height. Stems erect or curved, glabrous, green or reddish, with short prickles, compressed and hooked, widely scattered or sometimes absent, all homogeneous. Leaves smelling of apples, 5-7 leaflets [(1.5)2-2.5(4) \u00d7 0.8-1.8(2.7) cm], obovate or elliptic, with rounded base or somewhat cuneiform, twice serrated margin, glabrous or glabrescent on the upper side, pubescent and glandular on the underside, with conspicuous chestnut glands. Petiole and rachis glabrous, with some glands and some small prickles. Stipules \u00b1 twice longer than wide, with fimbriate-glandular margin. Flowers in multiflorous inflorescences, rarely solitary, with ovate-lanceolate bracts, pedicels (0.9-2 cm) with some glands and sometimes with aciculae. External sepals with 4-7(13) lobes, pinnatifid, with glands along the margin and on the dorsal side, folded backwards, caducous. Corolla 2-3.5 cm in diameter; 5 petals 1-2 \u00d7 0.9-2 cm, notched at the apex, white or white-pinkish. Styles free, glabrous. Urceolus 10-18 mm long, smooth, glabrous, dark red when ripe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12822","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRosa micrantha Borrer ex Sm. - North Africa Trees<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rosa micrantha Borrer ex Sm. - North Africa Trees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shrub, deciduous, up to 2(3) m in height. Stems erect or curved, glabrous, green or reddish, with short prickles, compressed and hooked, widely scattered or sometimes absent, all homogeneous. 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