Rosa foetida, J. Herrmann

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 27

6. R. foetida J. Herrmann , Diss. Rosa 18 (1762).

Stems up to 4 m. Prickles curved, more or less compressed and strongly decurrent at the base. Leaflets 5-7, 15-40 x 12-25 mm, ovateelliptical, usually sparsely hairy and dark green above, sparsely glandular and slightly paler beneath, biserrate; teeth glandular. Flowers 1-3. Pedicels usually glabrous, sometimes hispid. Sepals attenuate at apex, glandular-hispid. Petals 20-30 mm, yellow. Styles long, lanate. Fruit c. 10 mm, globose, red. Cultivated for ornament; locally naturalized in S. & C. Europe. [Au Cz Ga Ge G r Hs It Rm Tu.] (5. W. Asia.)