Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Rosa canina L.
Family : ROSACEAE
Genus : Rosa
Catalan common name : Gavarrera. Gavarrera canina. Roser caní. Roser gavarrer.
Province distribution : Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona.
Distribution in the islands : Mallorca.
General distribution : Eurosiberian
Flowering time : May. June. July.
Life-forms : Caducifolious. Phanerophyte.
Habitat : Fields sides and humid soils. Bramble patch.
Uses and properties : Aphrodisiac. Edible or foodstuffs. Medicinal. Perfumery.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A robust shrub that grows up to 6 m. Stems is covered with spiny appendages. From top to bottom. Leaves have 5-7 folioles and do not give of an aroma. The flowers are large, white or pink coloured. The sepals are directed out or downwards and fall off before the urnula matures. Urnula is spherical or ellipsoidal and dark red in colour.
Observations : This species is very polymorphous and a classification key is indispensable to correctly identify all of the rose species.
