Rosa rubiginosa

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Read about Rosa rubiginosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Rosa rubiginosa, Linn. (R. Eglanteria, Linn.). Sweetbriar. Eglantine. Dense shrub, attaining 6 ft., with hooked prickles often mixed with bristles: lfts. 5-7, orbicular to oval, doubly glandular-serrate, dark green above and glabrous, pale beneath and often pubescent, glandular on both sides, 1/2 - 1 1/2 in. long: fls. 1-3, on hispid short pedicels, bright pink, 1 1/2 - 2 in. across; receptacle usually glandular-hispid : fr. subglobose or ovoid, orange-red to scarlet, with upright-spreading, usually caducous sepals. June. Eu.; naturalized in some localities in the East. B.B. (ed. 2) 2:286. W.R. 145.—A handsome hardy rose of compact habit, with bright green foliage exhaling a very agreeable aromatic odor. There are some double forms and hybrids with other species.


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