Common name:
Dog rose
Family:
Scientific name:
Rosa canina
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK, except high elevation areas
Height:
Up to 3 m
Habitat:
Hedgerows, woodland
Flowers:
Up to 5 cm across, with five pink or white petals and five spreading sepals which wither before the fruiting stage. At the centre are a large group of yellow stamens, and a cluster of short, non-fused styles. Flowers form singly or in groups of up to four
Fruit:
Red globular hips, without residual sepals
Leaves:
Pinnate, with five or seven toothed leaflets, (usually) hairless on both surfaces. On hairless stems which bear curved, broad-based spines, red when young, at quite widely spaced intervals
Season:
June to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
