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Pian Fretto (Municipality of Sassello, Province of Savona, Liguria, IT). Latitude (WGS84): 44.4299 N. Longitude (WGS84): 8.6046 E. Elevation: 1080 m (3545 ft). Date: July 3, 2022. --- TAXONOMICAL INFORMATIONS Familia: Rosaceae Juss. Species: Rosa pendulina L. First publication references: Sp. Pl.: 471 (1753). Synonyms: Bakeria malyi (A.Kern.) Gand.; Ozanonia alpina (L.) Gand.; Rosa adenophora Kit.; Rosa adenosepala (Borbás) Borbás; Rosa adjecta Déségl.; Rosa affinis Sternb.; Rosa alpina L.; Rosa andrewsii Tratt.; Rosa andrewsii Tratt.; Rosa aucuparioides Debeaux; Rosa balcanica Dimitrov; Rosa balsamea Kit.; Rosa brandisii J.B.Keller ex Wiesb.; Rosa cinnamomea L.; Rosa coccialba Kmet; Rosa detonsa Debeaux; Rosa diplacantha (Borbás) Heinr.Braun; Rosa filispina Debeaux; Rosa glandulosa Bellardi; Rosa hispida Krock.; Rosa hybrida Vill.; Rosa inermis Turra; Rosa intercalaris Déségl.; Rosa laevis (Desv.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth.; Rosa lagenaria Vill.; Rosa malyi A.Kern.; Rosa odoratissima Scop.; Rosa pendula Roth; Rosa recurva Kit.;  Rosa reversa W.D.J.Koch;  Rosa rupestris Crantz; Rosa semisimplex (Borbás) Heinr.Braun; Rosa setosa (Ser.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth.; Rosa stenodonta (Borbás) Heinr.Braun; Rosa tenuiflora (Borbás) Heinr.Braun; Rosa turbinata Vill.; Rosa villarsii Tratt. ex Link; Rosa wagneriana (J.B.Keller & Borbás) Degen & Urum.;  Scheutzia cinnamomea (L.) Gand. --- MORPHOLOGY AND FENOLOGY Life-form: phanerophyte. Description (I. Klââterskÿ, 1980): woody shrub with prostrate to erect habit depending on the growing conditions. Stems up to 2 m; bark green, yellowish-green or occasionally purplish. Prickles usually absent. Leaflets 7-11,20-60 x 10-30 mm, oblong-ovate to obovate, biserrate, glabrous or pubescent above, usually sparsely pubescent and sometimes glandular at least on the veins beneath, with glandular teeth. Flowers solitary. Bracts about as long as and enclosing the pedicels, soon deciduous. Pedicels glandular-hispid, recurved in fruit. Petals 15-25 mm, deep purplish-pink. Styles densely hairy. Fruit 15-25 mm, pendent, ovoid to elongate-pyriform, rarely globose, often glandular-hispid, red. Flowering: from June to August. --- ECOLOGY AND CHOROLOGY Habitat: mountain coniferous forests, mountain meadows, subalpine scrubs and heaths and stony places. Calcifuge species. Vegetation belts: montane, subalpine. Edaphic preferences: Si; Ser. Chorotype: European Orophyte Global distribution (POWO, 2022): native to Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, ex-Yugoslavia. Introduced in Belgium, European Russia, USA (Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin) and Canada (New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I., Québec). Italian distribution (F. Bartolucci & alii, 2018): native to Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Lombardy, Trentino Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria, Marches. Latium, Abruzzo, Molise. Recorded by mistake in Apulia and Basilicata. Absent elsewhere. Notes: in Liguria Rosa pendulina L. is present in the mountainous areas from the border with France up to the upper Vara Valley (Monte Gottero). It can be quite frequent locally, such as for example along the ridge of the western Ligurian Apennines (from Monte Beigua to Monte delle Figne) and in the upper Aveto Valley, but in general it is an uncommon species. Regional protection: no. --- REFERENCES

• F. Bartolucci, L. Peruzzi, G. Galasso, A. Albano, A. Alessandrini, N. M. G. Ardenghi, G. Astuti, G. Bacchetta, S. Ballelli, E. Banfi, G. Barberis, L. Bernardo, D. Bouvet, M. Bovio, L. Cecchi, R. Di Pietro, G. Domina, S. Fascetti, G. Fenu, F. Festi, B. Foggi, L. Gallo, G. Gottschlich, L. Gubellini, D. Iamonico, M. Iberite, P. Jiménez-Mejías, E. Lattanzi, D. Marchetti, E. Martinetto, R. R. Masin, P. Medagli, N. G. Passalacqua, S. Peccenini, R. Pennesi, B. Pierini, L. Poldini, F. Prosser, F. M. Raimondo, F. Roma-Marzio, L. Rosati, A. Santangelo, A. Scoppola, S. Scortegagna, A. Selvaggi, F. Selvi, A. Soldano, A. Stinca, R. P. Wagensommer, T. Wilhalm & F. Conti (2018) – An updated checklist of the vascular flora native to Italy. Plant Biosystems – An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, 10.1080/11263504.2017.1419996, 152, 2, (179-303), (2018).
• I. Klââterskÿ (1980) – R. pendulina L. In: T.G. Tutin, N.A.Burges, A.O. Chater, J.R. Edmondson, V.H. Heywood, D.M. Moore, D.H. Valentine, S.M. Walters & D.A. Webb (Eds.) Flora Europaea 2 (ed. 2). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 28.
• POWO (2022) – Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ Retrieved 21 November 2022.