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The botanical name is derived from the common names 'dog rose' or similar in several European languages, including classical Latin and ancient (Hellenistic period) Greek. five times the base number of seven chromosomes for the genus Rosa, but may be tetraploid or hexaploid as well. Dog roses are most commonly pentaploid, i.e. Similar processes occur in some other organisms. Univalents are included in egg cells, but not in pollen. Regardless of ploidy level, only seven bivalents are formed leaving the other chromosomes as univalents. Genetics ĭog roses have an unusual kind of meiosis which is sometimes called permanent odd polyploidy, although it can also occur with even polyploidy (e.g. The species has also been introduced to other temperate latitudes. The wild plant is used for stabilising soil in land reclamation and specialised landscaping schemes. įorms of this plant are used as stocks for the grafting or budding of cultivated roses. The hips are used as a flavouring in Cockta, a soft drink made in Slovenia. In Bulgaria, where it grows in abundance, the hips are used to make a sweet wine as well as tea.

During World War II the British relied on rose hips and hops as the sources for their vitamins A and C and it was a common British wartime expression to say "We are getting by on our hips and hops."

During World War II in the United States, Rosa canina was planted in victory gardens, and can still be found growing throughout the country, including roadsides and in wet, sandy areas along the coastlines. It has been grown or encouraged in the wild for the production of vitamin C from its fruit, especially during conditions of scarcity or during wartime. The flowers can be made into a syrup,cultivars have been named, though few are common in cultivation. canina: Īs of 2021 however, many of these continue to be accepted as separate species by checklists and floras, such as the World Checklist of Vascular Plants facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. įrom a 2013 DNA analysis using amplified fragment length polymorphisms of wild-rose samples from a transect across Europe (900 samples from section Caninae, and 200 from other sections), it has been suggested that the following named species are best considered as part of a single Rosa canina species complex, and are therefore synonyms of R. Yet in 1551, Matthias de l'Obel classified it as a rose under the name of "Canina Rosa odorata et silvestris" in his herbal "Rubus canis: Brere bush or hep tree". In 1538, Turner called it "Cynosbatos : wild hep or brere tree". A botanical illustration showing the various stages of growth by Otto Wilhelm ThoméĬlassical writers did not acknowledge Rosa canina as a rose, but called it Cynorrhodon from the Greek "kunórodon".