Rosa pimpinellifolia

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iBurnet Rose
Burnet rose flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Rosaceae Subfamily: Rosoideae Genus: Rosa Species: R. pimpinellifolia
Binomial name
Rosa pimpinellifolia L.

Rosa pimpinellifolia the Burnet rose is a species of rose native to temperate Europe, northwest Africa and Asia through to China. It is generally restricted to sand dunes or limestone pavements and has a typically coastal distribution when not on limestone. It is a rather low erect deciduous plant usually from 10 to 40 cm high but sometimes up to 1 metre. It spreads by suckers and can cover large areas. The stems have very numerous stiff bristles and many straight spines. The yound stems and spines and the mature leaves tend to be very red with young growth a bright scarlet and older growth a deep maroon.

The flowers are cream-white although rarely also pale pink. They are 2 - 4 cm diameter with five petals, which produce a distinctive globular dark red, or purple-black, hip.

Young stem with spines.

The fruit - called hip.

'Plena' a commonly grown cultivar.