Rosa agrestis, Savi

I. Klášterský, 1968, 10. Rosa L., Flora Europaea, Volume 2, Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambrdige: Cambridge University Press, pp. 35-42 : 31

41. R. agrestis Savi ,

FI. Pis. 1: 475 (1798) ( R. sepium Thuill ., non Lam.).

Up to 2 m. Intemodes long; prickles curved, sometimes few or absent on the flowering shoots. Leaflets 5-7, 10-30(-50) x 12-25 mm, elliptical to oblong-obovate, acute, cuneate at base, biserrate to compound-serrate, glabrous or pubescent, always glandular, dull green; teeth glandular. Pedicels 10-20 mm, glabrous or sometimes sparsely stipitate-glandular. Sepals eglandular, glabrous, deflexed and deciduous after anthesis. Petals 10-20 mm, white. Disc wide, with a narrow orifice. Styles rather long, glabrous or slightly villous. Fruit 10-15 mm, subglobose, ovoid or ellipsoid, glabrous, red. Most of Europe, rare in the north and east. All except Az Cr Fa Fe Is No Rs (N, B, C, E) Sb.