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Dog Rose
Rosa canina
46.2446, 6.08387
Field Notes
Description:
Wild rose or dog-rose is deciduous, climbing and thorny shrub, here some 2m tall. The leaves are composed of 5-7 leaflets. The flowers white, pale pink or pink; and about 4-5cm in diameter, with five petals. They mature into an oval 1.5–2 cm red-orange fruit, or hip.
Habitat:
Found on edges of a cultivated field, very close to marshy Natural Reserve of Mategnin. Semi urban environment of Geneva suburbs.
Notes:
The fruit, a rose hip, is very rich in certain antioxidants, as well as vitamin C. Hip is used to make syrup, herbal tea and marmalade.
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Rosa canina - Wikipedia
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PublishedMay 27, 2018
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