Common name:
Burnet rose
Family:
Scientific name:
Rosa pimpinellifolia
Synonym:
rosa spinosissima
Main flower color:
Range:
Scattered areas all across the UK
Height:
Up to 50 cm
Habitat:
Heaths, calcareous grassland, sand dunes, shingle
Flowers:
Solitary, up to 4 cm in diameter, with creamy-white petals, pale yellow stamens, short, unfused styles, and sepals which persist during the fruiting stage
Fruit:
Spherical hips, ageing to purple-black
Leaves:
Pinnately divided into between seven and 11 small (up to 15 mm long), hairless, coarsely toothed ovate leaflets, on reddish stems covered with straight prickles of varying lengths, mixed with bristly white hairs. Leaf margins are often tinged red
Season:
May to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
