Rosa arvensis

Rosa arvensis, the field rose, is a rose that is found extensively across Europe, particularly in hedgerows. It was first described by British botanist William Hudson in 1762.

Rosa arvensis
Rosa arvensis in Lower Austria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Rosa
Species:	R. arvensis
Binomial name
Rosa arvensis Huds, 1762[1]

Name

Popular names

The plant is variously known as the Field Rose[2] and white-flowered trailing rose.[3] It may also be called Shakespeare’s musk.[4]

Synonyms

The following synonyms were recognised in October 2018:[5]

• Rosa pervirens (Rosa arvensis × sempervirens)
• Rosa polliniana (Rosa arvensis × gallica)
• Rosa repens

Description

The hip of Rosa arvensis, seen in Lower Austria

This rose blooms in July with white flowers, 4 to 5 centimetres (1.6 to 2.0 in) across, which are followed by red hips. The plant can grow to be between 3 and 3.7 metres (9.8 and 12.1 ft) tall.[2]

Distribution

Rosa arvensis was first identified in England and has been subsequently observed in many countries throughout Europe.[4][6] It can be seen principally in hedges and thickets.[3]

References

Citations

1. Hudson 1762, p. 192.
2. Beales 1988, p. 208.
3. White 1912, p. 299.
4. Harkness 1978, p. 150.
5. "Flora Europea". Retrieved 4 October 2018.
6. Kollár & Balkovic 2006, p. 61.

Bibliography

• Beales, Peter (1988). Twentieth-century Roses: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia and Grower's Manual of Classic Roses from the Twentieth Century. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 978-0-06016-052-4.
• Harkness, Jack Leigh (1978). Roses. London: J.M. Dent. ISBN 978-0-46004-328-1.
• Hudson, William (1762). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum angliae sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, ofììcinalibus pharmacopoeorum. London: J. Nourse.
• Kollár, Jozef; Balkovic, Juraj (2006). "Charakteristika lokality s vyskytom Rosa arvensis v Malych Karpatoch". Bulletin Slovenskej Botanickej Spoločnosti (in Slovak). 28: 61–65.
• White, James Walter (1912). The Flora of Bristol: Being an Account of All the Flowering Plants, Ferns, and Their Allies that Have at Any Time Been Found in the District of Bristol Coal-fields. Bristol: John White & Sons.