Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Medium
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Coastal sand dunes
Range: East Asia
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Spines
Status: Common

About

The Rugosa Rose, a thorny, wrinkle-covered plant, can grow to be 10 feet tall and has a 3-foot-wide spread. In some regions, it is invasive and can grow up to 20 feet tall.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rosa
Species: Rosa rugosa