Seasonal Wild Flowers

Dog Rose

Latin name

Rosa canina

Family

Rosaceae

Flowering season

June to July

English distribution

It is found throughout the country, except for parts of the

East Midlands, East Anglia and Cumbria.

See the BSBI distribution map for Dog Rose

Habitat

It grows in open woodland, scrub, hedges and

wasteground, and by roads, paths and railways.

For a map see the BSBI distribution map for

- Dog Rose

Description

Dog Rose is a native, deciduous, scrambling shrub, growing

up to 4m.

Flowers are sweetly fragrant, pale pink or white and up to

6cm.

The pink flowers bleach white in the sun.

There are numerous stamens with yellow anthers that

darken with age.

The stigmas are in a central cone, which is narrower than

the central disc.

The fruits are hairless, orange-red hips - the sepals fall off

before the hips become coloured.

Leaves have pairs of dark green, toothed, oval leaflets -

up to 4cm.

Stems are arching and have curved thorns.

Wild roses, including Dog Rose, are parasitised by Robin's

Pincushion Gall, also known as Bedeguar Gall.

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Dog Rose in hedge, Lune estuary path

Newly opened flower

Anthers, cone of stigmas within disc

Fruits - hips

Leaves

Thorns

Robin's Pincushion Gall

Hips