Common name:
Harsh downy-rose
Family:
Scientific name:
Rosa tomentosa
Main flower color:
Range:
England, Wales and Ireland
Height:
Up to 2 m
Habitat:
Scrub, hedgerows, woodland margins
Flowers:
Up to 4 cm in diameter; five pink (less often white) petals, and five narrow, spreading green sepals which wither soon after flowering. Flowers are produced in small clusters. The receptacle and pedicel have a covering of stalked glands
Fruit:
Rounded, red hips covered with bristles
Leaves:
Pinnately divided into five or seven irregularly-toothed, ovate leaflets, covered by downy hairs, especially underneath. On climbing stems armed with straight, reddish thorns, quite well-spaced
Season:
June to July
Rarity:
★★★★★