Abstract
Rose has always been object of great attention because of its beauty and utility and now it has great economic
importance worldwide. Identification, description, conservation and utilization of natural resources is required for
long term sustainable protections. Based on different morphological characteristics, wild growing rose plants were
collected from five different sites in the Northern hilly areas and it was found that these plants belonged to two
Rosa species (Rosa webbiana and R. brunonii). Detailed information of certain morphological traits of all
genotypes were recorded and further relationship among samples was also explored. It was found that of R.
webbiana collected from Nathia gali and Muree showed maximum similarity (83%) among all rose genotypes. On
the other side, R. brunonii collected from Sunny bank and Ayyubia showed almost same (80%) similarity level. It
reflected that genotypes collected from different geological conditions did not posses much difference within
species, but there was slight difference because of variations in environmentally influenced charters like, leaf
length, plant height and fruit length. Plants of these two species did not show much diversity i.e., less than 50%,
which gives an opportunity to uses them in further breeding program for the crop improvement. Soil samples
were also collected from sites of plant collection and analyzed for different characteristics. A little difference was
found in soil samples so it can be said that soil have no affect on distribution of roses in the areas.
