Common name: Dog Rose, Common Brier
Rosa canina L. APNI*
Description: Erect shrub 1–3 m high, stems glabrous, prickly.
Leaves pinnate, 5–7-foliolate; leaflets ovate or obovate or elliptic, 15–40 mm long, 10–20 mm wide, margins toothed, glabrous, without glands.
Flowers 1-few together, 20–40 mm across, white or pinkish; peduncles glabrous, not prickly. Outer sepals pinnatifid. Hip globose to ovoid, c. 10 mm long, glabrous, prickles absent.
Distribution and occurrence: Not widespread. Native of Eur.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *ST, *CWS, *SWP
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *S.A.
Text by G. J. Harden & A. N. Rodd Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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