Rosa foetida, J. Herrmann

I. Klášterský, 1968, 10. Rosa L., Flora Europaea, Volume 2, Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambrdige: Cambridge University Press, pp. 35-42 : 27

6. R. foetida J. Herrmann ,

Diss. Rosa 18 (1762).

Stems up to 4 m. Prickles curved, more or less compressed and strongly decurrent at the base. Leaflets 5-7, 15-40 x 12-25 mm, ovate-elliptical, usually sparsely hairy and dark green above, sparsely glandular and slightly paler beneath, biserrate; teeth glandular. Flowers 1-3. Pedicels usually glabrous, sometimes hispid. Sepals attenuate at apex, glandular-hispid. Petals 20-30 mm, yellow. Styles long, lanate. Fruit c. 10 mm, globose, red. Cultivated for ornament; locally naturalized in S. & C. Europe. [Au Cz Ga Ge Gr Hs It Rm Tu.] (S. W. Asia.)