Rosa caninaL. Dog Rose

Rosa caninaL. - Dog Rose

Scientific Description:

Erect shrub, (0.5−)1.5−3.5(−7) m, sometimes climbing; branches often curved or arched. Prickles rather coarse, ± curved, compressed with a dilated base, ± uniform, occasionally lacking. Leaves dull to pure green; leaflets 5−7, narrowly elliptic to broadly ovate, 1−4.5 × 0.8−3.5 cm, obtuse to acute with a rounded to cuneate base, glabrous to pubescent, at least beneath, sometimes with some glands on the nerves beneath, uni-or bi-serrate, occasionally glandular-biserrate, teeth distinct, usually long and acute, 17−20 on each side; stipules narrow to broad, usually with long straight auricles. Flowers solitary or 2−15 together, bracts often broad. Pedicels 1−2.5(−4.5) cm, smooth or glandular-hispid. Sepals ovate, often with a rather short apically dilated tip, outer sepals pinnatifid with narrowly to broadly lanceolate, entire or glandular-toothed lobes, glabrous, pubescent or occasionally with glands on the back, usually reflexed and deciduous soon after anthesis. Petals up to 3 cm, white to pale pink, rarely deep pink. Styles often long, exserted, usually glabrous to sparsely hairy, occasionally villous, stigma-head ± loose, globose to conoidal; disc broad, conoidal, orifice narrow. Hypanthia ovoid to globose, 1−2.5(−3) cm, yellowish-red to pure red, ripening late.

 

Flowering time: May−July.

Habitat: Banks, rocky slopes, scrub, hedges, forests and clearings, mainly on limestone, 30−1700(−2500) m.

 

Reference:
Nilsson Ö (1972). Rosa canina L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinurgh, 4: 124.

Public Description:

Rosa canina, commonly known as “dog rose”, is native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia. It is an erect shrub with white or pale pink flowers, and grows up to 7 meter in length. It blooms between May and July and is found in banks, rocky slopes, scrub, hedges, forests and clearings, mainly on limestone. The fruit of this plant containing high antioxidant is very rich in vitamin C and used in making syrup, tea and marmalade. In the traditional Austrian medicine, its fruits are used for treatment of viral infections and disorders of the kidneys and urinary tract.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_canina /,Accessed date: 31.05.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Rosaceae/Rosa//,Accessed date: 31.05.2016.

Aslan S (2012) Rosa L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 810–812.