Rosaceae FAMILY

Rosa sherardii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

There is a layer of hairs around the seeds just beneath the flesh of the fruit. These hairs can cause irritation to the mouth and digestive tract if ingested.

Botanical Description

Rosa sherardii is a prickly, deciduous shrub, often with a rhizomatous rootstock and forming small thickets. The stout, erect stems can be 100 - 200cm tall[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope - France, Britain and southern Scandanavia, east to Ukraine and eastern European Russia

HabitatWoods, hedges, scrub etc. Rare in S. England[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Thickets of woodland margins, overgrown pastures, open scrub, wastelands, roadsides; at elevations from 300 - 400 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].