R rubiginosa left, R canina right, as collected from roadsides in South Australia, where both are declared weeds. Differentiated by pinch-and-sniff. In my area of the Adelaide Hills, the sweetbriar starts flowering later, is darker pink, and I think more prickly. Mid-late spring, zone 9b.
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R rubiginosa left, R canina right, as collected from roadsides in South Australia, where both are declared weeds. Differentiated by pinch-and-sniff. In my area of the Adelaide Hills, the sweetbriar starts flowering later, is darker pink, and I think more prickly. Mid-late spring, zone 9b.