Fieldbriar
Rosa agrestis
Synonyms: Rosa viscaria var. oblongicarpa, Rosa agrestis subsp. caryophyllacea, Rosa viscaria subvar. albiflora, Rosa sepium var. archetypa, Rosa agrestis f. stenorhyncha, Rosa sepium var. dolichocarpa, Rosa agrestis var. pseudoelliptica, Rosa agrestis f. virgultorum, Rosa viscaria var. dolichocarpa, Rosa agrestis var. haringiana, Rosa agrestis subvar. arvatica, Rosa graveolens eriophora, Rosa viscaria var. mentita, Rosa agrestis var. floriana, Rosa schulzei, Rosa sepium f. robusta, Rosa sepium f. genuina, Rosa agrestis var. adenoclada, Rosa densiflora, Rosa arvatica f. floriana, Rosa agrestis subsp. silesiaca, Rosa agrestis f. arvatica, Rosa agrestis var. danubialis, Rosa agrestis var. mentita, Rosa agrestis var. bugeysiensis, Rosa rubiginosa subsp. agrestis, Rosa arvatica var. agrestis, Rosa virgultorum var. rubriflora, Rosa sepium f. arvatica, Rosa agrestis f. steffenii, Rosa viscaria var. virgultorum, Chabertia sepium, Rosa agrestis f. parvifolia, Rosa agrestis subvar. vinodora, Rosa agrestis subsp. graveolens, Rosa agrestis subsp. floriana, Chabertia agrestis, Rosa graveolens subsp. eriophora, Rosa albiflora, Rosa viscaria var. arvatica, Rosa sepium gizellae, Rosa agrestis var. albiflora, Rosa sepium var. robusta, Rosa agrestis var. columbiensis, Rosa agrestis subsp. arabica, Rosa gizellae f. neogradensis, Rosa bohemica, Rosa agrestis subvar. longipes, Rosa inodora var. arvatica, Rosa agrestis subvar. pseudosepium, Rosa schlosseri, Rosa sepium var. arvatica, Rosa sepium var. virgultorum, Rosa sepium var. mentita, Rosa × anisopoda f. lexnitzensis, Rosa agrestis var. babadagensis, Rosa agrestis f. inermis, Rosa agrestis var. myrtella, Rosa agrestis subvar. spathulifolia, Rosa abscondita, Rosa sepium var. nitens, Rosa sepium var. rosea, Rosa sepium f. gizellae, Rosa agrestis var. deserta, Rosa sepium, Rosa agrestis f. microphylla, Rosa arvatica f. genuina, Rosa agrestis f. ciliatosepala, Rosa viscaria var. normalis, Rosa koslowskii, Rosa sepium f. mentita, Rosa micranthoides, Rosa agrestis var. pseudomentita, Rosa sepium agrestis, Rosa agrestis var. heterostyla, Rosa agrestis f. subdestituta, Rosa semisepium, Rosa lexnitzensis, Rosa agrestis var. arvatica, Rosa eglanteria var. sepium, Rosa mentita, Rosa viscaria var. attenuata, Rosa sepium var. oblongicarpa, Rosa agrestis var. abscondita, Rosa agrestis var. pubescens, Rosa vistulana, Rosa sepium var. grandiflora, Rosa sepium rosea, Rosa agrestis f. soulovillei, Rosa sepium f. kupcsokiana, Rosa agrestis subvar. mentita, Rosa gizellae var. typica, Rosa agrestis var. denudata, Rosa arvatica var. mentita, Rosa viscaria var. absimilis, Rosa kozlowskii, Rosa sepium f. typica, Rosa sepium var. intermedia, Rosa pubescens subsp. kostrakiewiczii, Rosa viscaria var. elatior, Rosa haringiana, Rosa agrestis var. nitida, Rosa agrestis var. vaccarii, Rosa gallica subsp. geminata, Rosa coriifolia var. agrestis, Rosa agrestis var. minuscula, Rosa agrestis subvar. ditrichopoda, Rosa sepium f. osmoidea, Rosa viscaria var. axana, Rosa agrestis var. virgultorum, Rosa sepium var. haringiana, Rosa agrestis f. lanuginea, Rosa agrestis f. scaphusiensis, Rosa graveolens subsp. nuda, Rosa borhekiana, Rosa druentica, Rosa agrestis subsp. pubescens, Rosa sepium var. rakovacensis, Rosa sepium var. typica, Rosa viscaria, Rosa sepium var. microcarpa, Rosa sepium f. denudata, Rosa sepium subsp. agrestis, Rosa trachyphylla var. arvatica, Rosa agrestis var. banatica, Rosa agrestis subvar. neogradensis, Rosa arvatica var. typica, Rosa viscaria var. pubescens, Rosa agrestis var. milenae, Rosa sepium subsp. mentita, Rosa pseudosepium, Rosa caryophyllacea, Rosa sepium var. pubescens, Rosa canina var. arvatica, Rosa viscaria var. robusta, Rosa agrestis var. discreta, Rosa agrestis subvar. robusta, Rosa agrestis f. pseudoelliptica, Rosa agrestis var. rakovacensis, Rosa rubiginosa var. agrestis, Rosa agrestis var. kupcsokiana, Rosa viscaria var. pseudoelliptica, Rosa trachyphylla var. nuda, Rosa sepium f. agrestis, Rosa sepium f. vinodora, Rosa sepium subsp. klukii, Rosa gizellae var. neogradensis, Rosa floriana, Rosa sepium f. dichtliana, Rosa ditrichopoda, Rosa agrestis var. valpantinensis, Rosa agrestis subvar. osmoidea, Rosa sepium var. alba, Rosa kostrakiewiczii, Rosa viscaria var. druentica, Rosa agrestis subvar. virgultorum, Rosa sepium f. pubescens, Rosa sepium var. elliptica, Rosa gizellae, Rosa viscaria var. ambigua, Rosa agrestis subvar. albiflora, Rosa vinodora, Rosa agrestis subvar. sepioides, Rosa gizellae f. longipes, Rosa elatior, Rosa bohemica var. annae, Rosa agrestis var. onubensis, Rosa agrestis var. isthaensis, Chabertia virgultorum, Rosa agrestis var. bohemica, Rosa viscaria subsp. agrestis, Rosa denudata, Rosa sepium var. ambigua, Rosa sepium var. lancifolia, Rosa sepium var. vinodora, Rosa virgultorum, Rosa sepium var. discosa, Rosa sepium var. albiflora, Rosa agrestis var. gizellae, Rosa agrestis var. vallombrosae, Rosa inodora var. virgultorum, Rosa agrestis var. obversa, Rosa agrestis var. mira, Rosa agrestis f. elatior, Rosa rubiginosa var. sepium, Rosa silesiaca, Rosa sepium f. virgultorum, Rosa beytei, Rosa agrestis var. lexnitzensis, Rosa sepium genuina, Rosa agrestis var. ampelophila, Rosa communis var. virgultorum, Rosa agrestis var. lasiopoda, Rosa arvatica, Rosa gizellae f. ditrichopoda, Rosa tomentella var. bohemica, Rosa agrestis var. losae, Rosa agrestis var. schulzei, Rosa agrestis var. typica, Rosa sepium var. agrestis
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Botanical Description
Rosa agrestis is a deciduous, densely thorny shrub of the Rosaceae family forming arching clumps 1-2 m tall and as much across; stems are arching, glaucous green to reddish-brown and armed with stout, hooked, broad-based prickles of variable size. Leaves are alternate and pinnately compound with five to seven (rarely nine) ovate to elliptic leaflets 1-2.5 cm long, rounded at the base, doubly serrate with glandular teeth and conspicuously aromatic when bruised, smelling sweetly of apple from numerous sessile glands on the undersurface; petioles and rachis bear small prickles and glandular hairs. Flowers are solitary or in small clusters, pale pink to white, 2-3 cm across, with five obcordate petals and numerous yellow stamens; sepals are pinnatifid and reflexed at flowering, deciduous before the fruit ripens. Hips are ovoid to subglobose, 1-1.5 cm long, glossy bright red, smooth and lacking persistent sepals. Native to dry calcareous scrub, hedgerows and woodland margins across much of Europe, North Africa and Western Asia, flowering in early summer.
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Traditional American Uses
None Documented
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