Photographs: Co.Waterford

Sherard's Downy-rose Rosa sherardii Rós Shioraird Family: Rosaceae Flowering June - July. Deciduous shrub. Native. Flowers deep pink. Stalks glandular hairy. Fruit with stalked glands, globose to ovoid. Sepals with some lobes, usually persistent until fruit ripe. Leaves bluish green, downy, undersides with few or no stalked glands. Erect growth, to 2m. Grows on variety of soils, tolerates moderately wet, acidic conditions. Hedges, scrub, woodland edges, heathland, roadsides. Widespread except central Ireland. Identification by Paul Green

    





    
Sherard's Downy-rose. Dungarvan area, County Waterford. June 2008