Field Rose (Rosa arvensis)

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Photo by Zlatan Celebic

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Field Notes

Description:

Field rose is a deciduous shrub, with thorny stems bearing pinnate leaves and solitary white five-petalled flower. Flowers are followed by showy red oval orange-red hips.

Habitat:

Found on edges of wooded area (mainly broadleaved trees) of a local park, in a rather rural or semi-urban setting. The town and the park are close to slopes of Jura and coasts of lake Leman (Geneva).