Rosaceae

R. pisiformis (Christ) D. Sosn.'in Izv. Akad. Nauk Arm. SSR 8:69 (1942). Mandenova in Not. Syst. (Leningrad) 24:144-147 (1965). Syn: R. cinnamomea L. var. pisiformis Christ in Boiss., F1. Or. Suppl. 210 (1888). Map 17, p. 111.
Erect shrub up to 2 m. Cortex red-brown, flaking off on older stems. Prickles sparse, often absent on young shoots, thin, ± straight, 4-6 mm, passing into small bristles, abruptly tapering. Leaves 3-9 cm long; leaflets 5(-7), oval to narrowly ovate, 1.5-4.5 x 0.7-2 cm, ± acute, base rounded, uniserrate, teeth rather short, often pointed, glabrous to pubescent above, densely pubescent, occasionally glandular and bluish-grey beneath; stipules broad, glandular-serrate and ciliate. Flowers usually in 3-8-flowered corymbs, bracts large. Pedicels 1-2 cm, glabrous. Sepals entire, very narrow, ± linear, tip slightly dilated, 1.7-2.3 cm, pubescent and sparsely glandular on the back, ascending after anthesis. Petals deep rose, 1.2-1.7 x 1.3-2 cm, retuse. Styles densely pubescent, stigma-head compact, subglobose; disc narrow with a small orifice. Hypan-thia 0.5-0.7 cm, ± spherical, glabrous, scarlet, sepals and disc deciduous. Fl. 7. Moist meadows and Salix scrub by rivers and streams, 1600-2000 m.
Type: [Turkey] Armenia Turcia, Aucher 1431 (iso. K!)-in Fl. Or. (2:676, 1872) Boissier referred this plant to R. cinnamomea.
N.E. &E. Anatolia. A7 Gümüşane:Kovans, 1650m, D. 31930! A8 Gümüşane: Maden Khan to Kop Khan, Bayburt, 1700 m, Balls 1770! A9 Kars: Kasikibaran, Radde. B7 Erzincan: Keşiş Da., Montbret 1834! B8 Erzurum: 28 km from Varto to Hinis, 1700 m, D. 42260! B9 Ağri: Eleşkirt to Tutak road, Tong 375! Van: 11 km W. of Hoşap, 1950 m, D. 44687!
Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element. Allied to R. beggeriana.