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Japanese Rose, Milton, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire
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West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank
As the name would suggest the Japanese Rose (Rosa rugosa) is native to East Asia and has been grown in the UK since around the mid-19th Century, often planted in parks and gardens. It is common around coastal areas, its seeds distributed by birds and mammals. As it grows it produces dense thickets, out-competing other native plants and dominating the area. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
Japanese Rose, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Japanese Rose (Rosa rugosa), Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow. Rugosa means wrinkled and refers to the crinkly leaves.
02 June 2020
Dog Rose, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Dog Rose (Rosa canina), a flower in the family Rosaceae, on Great Cumbrae.
14 June 2024
Dog Rose, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Dog Rose (Rosa canina), a flower in the family Rosaceae, on Great Cumbrae.
14 June 2024
Robin's Pincushion gall at the Howietown Heritage and Nature Sanctuary, Old Sauchie
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Stirlingshire - Howietown and Old Sauchie
Robin's Pincushion gall (Diplolepis rosae) on a Dog Rose (Rosa canina) at the Howietown Heritage and Nature Sanctuary Charitable Trust, Old Sauchie
06 August 2022
Dog Rose, Milton, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire
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West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank
The ovary of a Dog Rose (Rosa canina) ripens after flowering to become a rose hip, a bright red, shiny oval fruit. Rose hips are noted for their high levels of vitamin C and antioxidants, and have been used to make tea, syrup and marmalade. The name Dog Rose originated in classical Greece, where it was once believed the plant could soothe the bite of a rabid dog. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
Dog Rose, Milton, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire
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West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank
Dog Rose (Rosa canina) is the most abundant and widespread of Britain's wild rose species, and also the most variable. It is an aggregate of similar subspecies and its sweet-scented blooms can vary in colour from white to deep pink. Rose hip syrup made from the Dog Rose has four times the Vitamin C of blackcurrant juice and twenty times that of orange juice. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
Burnet rose, Milton, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire.
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West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank
Predominantly found in coastal habitats, the flowers of the Burnet Rose (Rosa pimpinellifolia or R. spinosissima) can be seen from May until September. The flowers are typically white, with some displaying flashes of pink. The stem of the Burnet Rose is covered in lots of small spines, which is undoubtedly where it got the specific part if its Latin name, spinosissima, meaning ‘having many spines’. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
Burnet rose hips, Milton, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire
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West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank
Burnet Rose (Rosa spinosissima or R. pimipnellifolia) is a deciduous shrub forming dense patches on sand dunes, sandy heaths and further inland in limestone soils, around the coast of Scotland and the Inner Hebrides, but not seen on the Outer Hebrides or Northern Isles. The Latin name spinosissima, means ‘having many spines’. The fruit is a black hip, which is another way easily to identify this rose – all other hips are red. These hips produce a dye which when mixed with alum becomes a deep purple shade traditionally used in the making of tartan cloth. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
Burnet rose, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Burnet rose (Rosa pimpinellifolia), a prickly member of Rosaceae, the rose family, Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow
