Rose photo courtesy of Johno

SPECIES ROSE COLLECTION, TIMARU BOTANIC GARDENS, NZ.

Uploaded 5 MAR 18

Rose photo courtesy of Margaret Furness

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.

Uploaded 1 NOV 18

Rose photo courtesy of Johno

SPECIES ROSE COLLECTION, TIMARU BOTANIC GARDENS, NZ

Uploaded 4 MAR 18

Rose photo courtesy of jedmar

From "An Illustrated Manual of California Shrubs", Howard E. McMinn, 1939, p. 180: Rosa rubiginosa, a. Branchlet with leaves and flower, b. Fruit, c. Thorns on branchlet Courtesy of Google

Uploaded 27 OCT 18