Flower
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Sexuality:	bisexual (rarely dioecious)
Symmetry:	actinomorphic
Inflorescence:	solitary, raceme, or cyme
Calyx (sepals):	5, basally connate
Corolla (petals):	5, separate, short clawed, arising from rim of hypanthium
Androecium:	numerous stamens, whorled, usu. in several series
Gynoecium:	unicarpelate with a superior ovary in a hypanthium (=perigynous), many separate carpels with superior ovaries in a hypanthium (=perigynous), or two to five united carpels in a superior or inferior ovary (=perigynous or epigynous)
Fruit:	achene, aggregate, drupe, pome, or follicle
Other features:	hypanthium = cup-shaped fushion of androecium and perianth, with nectar producing disc often an epicalyx of five sepal-like organs in a whorl alternating with calyx

Vegetative Features
some species have thorns or prickles
Leaves:	alternate, simple or compound, usu. stipulate
Life-history:	most perennial, a few annual
Habit:	herbs, shrubs, trees
Distribution & Ecology:	cosmopolitan, mostly temperate regions of N. hemisphere
Some Northwest Genera:	Amelanchier, serviceberry Crataegus, hawthorn Fragaria, strawberry Oemleria, indian plum Potentilla, cinquefoil Prunus, cherry Rosa, rose Rubus, blackberry, salmonberry Sorbus, mountain ash Spiraea, spiraea

Economic Importance
Crops:	Pyrus, pear Malus, apple (>2,000 named varieties) Prunus, plum, apricot, peach, almond, cherry Fragaria, strawberry
Ornamentals:	Rosa, rose (>5,000 named cultivars) Prunus, cherry
Weedy and pest species:	Rubus, blackberry

Examples	Rosaceae Amelanchier
	Rosaceae Fragaria
	Rosaceae Prunus
	Rosaceae Rosa
	Rosaceae Rubus
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