Rosa rubiginosa, L.

39. R. rubiginosa L. View in CoL , Mantissa Alt. 564 (1771)

(R. eglanteria L., nom. ambig.). Up to 3 m. Prickles stout, curved or falcate, usually mixed with acides 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. 2zz = 35. Most o f Europe northwards to 61° N. Al Au Be BI Br Bu Cz Da Ga Ge G r Hb He Ho Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (B, C, W, K) Su Tu.