Rosa rubiginosa, L.

I. Klášterský, 1968, 10. Rosa L., Flora Europaea, Volume 2, Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambrdige: Cambridge University Press, pp. 35-42 : 31

39. R. rubiginosa L. ,

Mantissa Alt. 564 (1771) ( R. eglanteria L., nom . ambig.).

Up to 3 m. Prickles stout, curved or falcate, usually mixed with acicles and glandular setae especially on the flowering stems. Leaflets 5-7, 10-25 x 8-15 mm, suborbicular to broadly ovate to obovate, rounded at base, compound-serrate, glabrous or pubescent above, usually pubescent and more or less densely glandular beneath. Pedicels 10-15 mm, densely stipitate-or setose-glandular. Sepals glandular on the back, erect and persistent after anthesis. Petals 8-15 mm, deep pink. Disc narrow, with a wide orifice. Styles short, villous or lanate. Fruit 1-1 -5 cm, subglobose, ovoid or ellipsoid, glabrous or glandular-hispid, bright red. 2n = 35. Most of Europe northwards to 61° N. A1 Au Be B1 Br Bu Cz Da Ga Ge Gr Hb He Ho Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (B, C, W, K) Su Tu.