| Habit |
various |
| Stem: |
various |
| Leaves: |
various,
stipulate |
| Inflorescence: |
various |
| Flower: |
perfect, perigynous,
rarely epigynous |
| Perianth: |
5-merous, regular |
| Calyx: |
5 sepals |
| Corolla: |
5 petals |
| Hypanthium: |
Present; disc,
cup, or tubular. Becomes fruit-like in some. |
| Androecium: |
Numerous stamens,
rarely 10 |
| Gynoecium: |
Unicarpellate
or apocarpous, a few syncarpous |
| Ovary position: |
superior,
a few inferior |
| Stigma: |
1 per carpel |
| Style: |
not distinctive |
| Fruit type: |
Achenes, drupes,
druplets, pome, hips |
| Other: |
Pears, apples and a few
others have inferior ovaries |
| Representatives: |
Blackberry,
Cherry, Apricot, Peach, Strawberry, Pyracantha, Cotoneaster,
Rose and many others. |
