What is the difference between Chinese rose and rose? Mainly look at these points

Rose is a collective name for some species under the genus Rosa in botany, most of which are world-famous ornamental plants, with Chinese rose, rugosa rose and rose as their representative plants. Chinese rose and rose are sister flowers of the same genus Rosa in the family Rosaceae, their forms are very similar, and they are easily confused. Let us take a look below at what differences there are between Chinese rose and rose!

The difference between Chinese rose and rose stems

1. Chinese rose: Chinese rose is an erect shrub, with a few being trailing, the stem is low, 1-2 m tall, the branchlets are stout, cylindrical, nearly hairless, with short thick hooked prickles, and new branches are purplish red.

2. Rose: Rose is a climbing shrub, the branchlets are cylindrical, usually hairless, with short, thick, slightly curved bristles, the stem prickles are relatively large and generally hooked, roughly 3-4 per node.

The difference between Chinese rose and rose leaves

1. Chinese rose: Chinese rose has 3-5 leaflets, rarely 7, 5-11 cm long including the petiole, nearly hairless on both sides, the leaf blade is flat and smooth, dark green above, often glossy, lighter in color below, the terminal leaflet is stalked, the lateral leaflets are nearly sessile, and the common petiole is relatively long.

2. Rose: Rose has 5-9 leaflets, sometimes 3 on leaflets near the inflorescence, 5-10 cm long including the petiole, hairless above, pubescent below, the petiolules and leaf rachis are pubescent or hairless, with scattered glandular hairs, the stipules are pectinate, mostly adnate to the petiole, with or without glandular hairs on the margin.

The difference between Chinese rose and rose flowers

1. Chinese rose: Chinese rose generally has solitary terminal flowers, and also several in clusters, generally 1-3 flowers, the flower diameter is about 5 cm or more, the pedicel is long and it blooms continuously month after month, hence it is called Yueyuehong, Chinese rose, periwinkle, etc.

2. Rose: Rose flowers are often in clusters of 6-7, in a corymbose panicle borne at the top of the branches, the flower diameter is about 3 cm, and it blooms only once a year.

The difference between Chinese rose and rose fruit

1. Chinese rose: The fruit of Chinese rose is ovoid or pear-shaped, 1-2 cm long, red.

2. Rose: The fruit of rose is nearly spherical, 6-8 mm in diameter, reddish brown or purplish brown, glossy, hairless.