Family: Rosaceae
Author: Savi
Bibliography: Flora Pisana 1:475. 1798
Year: 1798
Status: accepted
Rank: species
Genus: Rosa
Vegetable: False
Observations: Europe to Caucasus, NW. Africa
Description
Fieldbriar, scientifically known as Rosa agrestis, is a noteworthy species within the diverse Rosaceae family. First described in 1798 by Savi in “Flora Pisana” (volume 1, page 475), this particular rose holds a unique position both botanically and ecologically.
Native to a vast geographical region, Fieldbriar can be found flourishing across Europe, extending its presence to the Caucasus region and into northwestern Africa. This wide distribution illustrates its adaptability to various climates and soils, making it a subject of interest for both botanists and horticulturists.
Rosa agrestis is a perennial shrub that showcases the classic beauty associated with wild roses. Its flowers, typically blossoming in delicate shades of pink or white, are not only visually appealing but also play a crucial role in local ecosystems. These blooms provide essential nectar and pollen for a variety of pollinators, including bees and butterflies, which in turn contributes to the cultivation of surrounding flora.
In addition to its ecological significance, Fieldbriar has been historically utilized in traditional medicine and for ornamental purposes due to its resilient nature and attractive appearance. The plant’s hardy constitution, characterized by its ability to thrive in less-than-ideal soil conditions, makes it a popular choice for natural hedgerows and wildlife gardens.
Moreover, the study of Rosa agrestis provides valuable insights into the evolutionary biology and phylogenetic relationships within the Rosaceae family. Its versatility and persistence make it a fascinating subject for ongoing botanical research, aiming to understand plant adaptation and survival strategies in diverse environmental contexts.
In summary, Rosa agrestis, commonly referred to as Fieldbriar, is more than just a wild rose. It is a symbol of resilience and an integral component of the habitats it occupies. Its historical documentation by Savi in “Flora Pisana” marks the beginning of a scientific journey that continues to reveal the complexities and beauties of this enduring species.
Common Names
Deu: acker-rose, feld-rose
Dan: hvid æble-rose
Eng: fieldbriar, small-leaf sweetbriar, small-leaved sweet-briar
Nld: kraagroos
Swe: åkerros, vit äppelros
Nno: åkerrose
Nob: åkerrose
Cym: drysïen bêr fanddail, miaren gulddail
En: Fieldbriar, Small-leaf sweetbriar, Small-leaved Sweet-briar
Ar: ورد مرجي
Ca: Roser agrest
Cs: Růže rolní
Da: Hvid æble-rose
Nl: Kraagroos
Fi: Vainioruusu
Fr: Rosier agreste, Églantier agreste, Églantier des haies, Rosier des haies
De: Feld-Rose, Acker-Rose, Heckendorn, Acker-Roser, Hohe Hecken-Rose
It: Rosa delle siepi
Nb: Åkerrose
Nn: Åkerrose
Pl: Róża polna
Sv: Åkerros, Vit äppelros
Cy: Drysïen bêr fanddail, Miaren Gulddail
Synonyms
- Rosa viscaria var. oblongicarpa ((Cariot) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa agrestis subsp. caryophyllacea (E.Schenk)
- Rosa viscaria subvar. albiflora (Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa sepium var. archetypa (Dumort.)
- Rosa agrestis f. stenorhyncha ((Gand.) R.Keller)
- Rosa sepium var. dolichocarpa (Boullu)
- Rosa agrestis var. pseudoelliptica ((Rouy) C.Vicioso)
- Rosa agrestis f. virgultorum ((Ripart ex Déségl.) Malinv.)
- Rosa viscaria var. dolichocarpa ((Boullu) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa agrestis var. haringiana ((Heinr.Braun) R.Keller)
- Rosa agrestis subvar. arvatica ((Puget ex Baker) R.Keller)
- Rosa graveolens eriophora (Gren.)
- Rosa viscaria var. mentita ((Déségl.) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa agrestis var. floriana ((Vuk.) Hayek)
- Rosa schulzei ((R.Keller) Klášt.)
- Rosa sepium f. robusta (Christ)
- Rosa sepium f. genuina (Posp.)
- Rosa agrestis var. adenoclada (Christ)
- Rosa densiflora (Tausch ex Steud.)
- Rosa arvatica f. floriana ((Vuk.) Posp.)
- Rosa agrestis subsp. silesiaca (Schalow)
- Rosa agrestis f. arvatica ((Puget ex Baker) Fiori)
- Rosa agrestis var. danubialis (Borbás ex R.Keller)
- Rosa agrestis var. mentita ((Déségl.) Gremli)
- Rosa agrestis var. bugeysiensis (R.Keller)
- Rosa rubiginosa subsp. agrestis ((Savi) Hook.f.)
- Rosa arvatica var. agrestis ((Savi) Posp.)
- Rosa virgultorum var. rubriflora (Boullu)
- Rosa sepium f. arvatica ((Puget ex Baker) Christ)
- Rosa agrestis f. steffenii (E.Schenk)
- Rosa viscaria var. virgultorum ((Ripart ex Déségl.) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Chabertia sepium (Gand.)
- Rosa agrestis f. parvifolia ((Rouy) C.Vicioso)
- Rosa agrestis subvar. vinodora ((A.Kern.) R.Keller)
- Rosa agrestis subsp. graveolens ((Gren.) Malinv.)
- Rosa agrestis subsp. floriana ((Vuk.) Sabr.)
- Chabertia agrestis ((Savi) Gand.)
- Rosa graveolens subsp. eriophora ((Gren.) Arcang.)
- Rosa albiflora (Opiz)
- Rosa viscaria var. arvatica ((Puget ex Baker) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa sepium gizellae ((Borbás) J.B.Keller)
- Rosa agrestis var. albiflora ((Opiz) Borbás)
- Rosa sepium var. robusta ((Christ) Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa agrestis var. columbiensis (R.Keller)
- Rosa agrestis subsp. arabica ((Crép. ex Boiss.) H.Christ)
- Rosa gizellae f. neogradensis (Borbás)
- Rosa bohemica (Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa agrestis subvar. longipes ((Borbás) R.Keller)
- Rosa inodora var. arvatica ((Puget ex Baker) Halácsy)
- Rosa agrestis subvar. pseudosepium ((Callay ex Crép.) R.Keller)
- Rosa schlosseri (Vuk. & Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa sepium var. arvatica ((Puget ex Baker) Nyman)
- Rosa sepium var. virgultorum ((Ripart ex Déségl.) Nyman)
- Rosa sepium var. mentita ((Déségl.) Gremli)
- Rosa × anisopoda f. lexnitzensis (J.B.Keller)
- Rosa agrestis var. babadagensis (Prodán)
- Rosa agrestis f. inermis (R.Keller)
- Rosa agrestis var. myrtella (Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa agrestis subvar. spathulifolia ((Vuk.) R.Keller)
- Rosa abscondita (Charb.)
- Rosa sepium var. nitens (Desv.)
- Rosa sepium var. rosea (Desv.)
- Rosa sepium f. gizellae ((Borbás) Schlimpert)
- Rosa agrestis var. deserta (E.Schenk)
- Rosa sepium (Thuill.)
- Rosa agrestis f. microphylla (Goiran ex R.Keller)
- Rosa arvatica f. genuina (Posp.)
- Rosa agrestis f. ciliatosepala (R.Keller)
- Rosa viscaria var. normalis (Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa koslowskii (Chrshan.)
- Rosa sepium f. mentita ((Déségl.) Borbás)
- Rosa micranthoides (J.B.Keller)
- Rosa agrestis var. pseudomentita (R.Keller)
- Rosa sepium agrestis ((Savi) Gren.)
- Rosa agrestis var. heterostyla (Sennen & T.S.Elias)
- Rosa agrestis f. subdestituta (R.Keller)
- Rosa semisepium (Borbás & Vuk.)
- Rosa lexnitzensis ((J.B.Keller) Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa agrestis var. arvatica ((Puget ex Baker) C.Vicioso)
- Rosa eglanteria var. sepium ((Gand.) P.V.Heath)
- Rosa mentita (Déségl.)
- Rosa viscaria var. attenuata (Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa sepium var. oblongicarpa (Cariot)
- Rosa agrestis var. abscondita ((Christ ex Gremli) Gremli)
- Rosa agrestis var. pubescens ((Rapin ex Reut.) Gremli)
- Rosa vistulana (Piotr.)
- Rosa sepium var. grandiflora (Rapin ex Reut.)
- Rosa sepium rosea (Thory)
- Rosa agrestis f. soulovillei (Gand.)
- Rosa sepium f. kupcsokiana (Prodán)
- Rosa agrestis subvar. mentita ((Déségl.) R.Keller)
- Rosa gizellae var. typica (Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa agrestis var. denudata ((R.Keller) R.Keller)
- Rosa arvatica var. mentita ((Déségl.) Posp.)
- Rosa viscaria var. absimilis (Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa kozlowskii (Manden.)
- Rosa sepium f. typica (Christ)
- Rosa sepium var. intermedia (Desv.)
- Rosa pubescens subsp. kostrakiewiczii (Popek)
- Rosa viscaria var. elatior ((Rouy) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa haringiana ((Heinr.Braun) Fritsch)
- Rosa agrestis var. nitida (R.Keller)
- Rosa agrestis var. vaccarii (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica subsp. geminata ((Rau) Nyman)
- Rosa coriifolia var. agrestis ((Savi) Matsson)
- Rosa agrestis var. minuscula (R.Keller)
- Rosa agrestis subvar. ditrichopoda ((Borbás) R.Keller)
- Rosa sepium f. osmoidea (J.B.Keller ex Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa viscaria var. axana (Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa agrestis var. virgultorum ((Ripart) R.Keller)
- Rosa sepium var. haringiana (Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa agrestis f. lanuginea (Schwertschl.)
- Rosa agrestis f. scaphusiensis (R.Keller)
- Rosa graveolens subsp. nuda ((Gren.) Arcang.)
- Rosa borhekiana (J.B.Keller & Formánek)
- Rosa druentica (Rouy)
- Rosa agrestis subsp. pubescens ((Rapin ex Reut.) E.Schenk)
- Rosa sepium var. rakovacensis (Kupcsok)
- Rosa sepium var. typica (Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa viscaria (Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa sepium var. microcarpa (Desv.)
- Rosa sepium f. denudata (R.Keller)
- Rosa sepium subsp. agrestis ((Savi) Nyman)
- Rosa trachyphylla var. arvatica ((Puget ex Baker) Dumort.)
- Rosa agrestis var. banatica (Heinr.Braun ex Degen)
- Rosa agrestis subvar. neogradensis ((Borbás) R.Keller)
- Rosa arvatica var. typica (Posp.)
- Rosa viscaria var. pubescens ((Rapin ex Reut.) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa agrestis var. milenae (Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa sepium subsp. mentita ((Déségl.) Gremli)
- Rosa pseudosepium (Callay ex Crép.)
- Rosa caryophyllacea (Christ)
- Rosa sepium var. pubescens (Rapin ex Reut.)
- Rosa canina var. arvatica ((Puget ex Baker) Baker)
- Rosa viscaria var. robusta ((Christ) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa agrestis var. discreta (E.Schenk)
- Rosa agrestis subvar. robusta ((Christ) R.Keller)
- Rosa agrestis f. pseudoelliptica ((Rouy) R.Keller)
- Rosa agrestis var. rakovacensis ((Kupcsok) Ker.-Nagy)
- Rosa rubiginosa var. agrestis ((Savi) Bonnier)
- Rosa agrestis var. kupcsokiana ((Prodán) Degen)
- Rosa viscaria var. pseudoelliptica (Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa trachyphylla var. nuda (Gren.)
- Rosa sepium f. agrestis ((Savi) H.Christ)
- Rosa sepium f. vinodora ((A.Kern.) Borbás)
- Rosa sepium subsp. klukii (Nyman)
- Rosa gizellae var. neogradensis ((Borbás) Ker.-Nagy)
- Rosa floriana (Vuk.)
- Rosa sepium f. dichtliana (J.B.Keller & Wiesb.)
- Rosa ditrichopoda ((Borbás) Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa agrestis var. valpantinensis (R.Keller)
- Rosa agrestis subvar. osmoidea ((J.B.Keller ex Heinr.Braun) R.Keller)
- Rosa sepium var. alba (Desv.)
- Rosa kostrakiewiczii ((Popek) Popek)
- Rosa viscaria var. druentica ((Rouy) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa agrestis subvar. virgultorum ((Ripart ex Déségl.) R.Keller)
- Rosa sepium f. pubescens ((Rapin ex Reut.) Christ)
- Rosa sepium var. elliptica (L.A.W.Hasse)
- Rosa gizellae (Borbás)
- Rosa viscaria var. ambigua (Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa agrestis subvar. albiflora ((Opiz) R.Keller)
- Rosa vinodora (A.Kern.)
- Rosa agrestis subvar. sepioides ((Ozanon ex Crép.) R.Keller)
- Rosa gizellae f. longipes (Borbás)
- Rosa elatior (Rouy)
- Rosa bohemica var. annae (Margittai ex Ker.-Nagy)
- Rosa agrestis var. onubensis (C.Vicioso)
- Rosa agrestis var. isthaensis (E.Schenk)
- Chabertia virgultorum ((Ripart ex Déségl.) Gand.)
- Rosa agrestis var. bohemica ((Heinr.Braun) R.Keller)
- Rosa viscaria subsp. agrestis ((Savi) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa denudata ((R.Keller) Klášt.)
- Rosa sepium var. ambigua (Desv.)
- Rosa sepium var. lancifolia (Desv.)
- Rosa sepium var. vinodora ((A.Kern.) J.B.Keller)
- Rosa virgultorum (Ripart ex Déségl.)
- Rosa sepium var. discosa (Christ)
- Rosa sepium var. albiflora ((Opiz) Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa agrestis var. gizellae ((Borbás) R.Keller)
- Rosa agrestis var. vallombrosae (R.Keller)
- Rosa inodora var. virgultorum ((Ripart ex Déségl.) Scheutz)
- Rosa agrestis var. obversa (Borbás ex Hayek)
- Rosa agrestis var. mira (R.Keller)
- Rosa agrestis f. elatior (Kupcsok)
- Rosa rubiginosa var. sepium (Ser.)
- Rosa silesiaca (Schalow)
- Rosa sepium f. virgultorum ((Ripart ex Déségl.) Borbás)
- Rosa beytei (Borbás)
- Rosa agrestis var. lexnitzensis ((J.B.Keller) Janch.)
- Rosa sepium genuina (Ducommun)
- Rosa agrestis var. ampelophila (Borbás)
- Rosa communis var. virgultorum ((Ripart ex Déségl.) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa agrestis var. lasiopoda (R.Keller)
- Rosa arvatica (Puget ex Baker)
- Rosa gizellae f. ditrichopoda (Borbás)
- Rosa tomentella var. bohemica ((Heinr.Braun) Schwertschl.)
- Rosa agrestis var. losae (Pau ex C.Vicioso)
- Rosa agrestis var. schulzei (R.Keller)
- Rosa agrestis var. typica (R.Keller)
- Rosa sepium var. agrestis ((Savi) Boullu)
Distribution
- Albania (native)
- Algeria (native)
- Austria (native)
- Baleares (native)
- Belgium (native)
- Bulgaria (native)
- Corse (native)
- Cyprus (native)
- Czechoslovakia (native)
- East Aegean Is. (native)
- East European Russia (native)
- France (native)
- Germany (native)
- Great Britain (native)
- Greece (native)
- Hungary (native)
- Ireland (native)
- Italy (native)
- Kriti (native)
- Krym (native)
- Morocco (native)
- Netherlands (native)
- North Caucasus (native)
- Poland (native)
- Portugal (native)
- Romania (native)
- Sardegna (native)
- Sicilia (native)
- Spain (native)
- Sweden (native)
- Switzerland (native)
- Transcaucasus (native)
- Tunisia (native)
- Turkey (native)
- Turkey-in-Europe (native)
- Ukraine (native)
- Yugoslavia (native)
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Flower
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Sources
- WFO (No URL)
- IPNI (No URL)
- GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/species/3002394)
- POWO (http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:731498-1)
- PlantNet (https://identify.plantnet.org/species/the-plant-list/Rosa agrestis Savi)
Specifications
Growth habit: Shrub
Growth
Ph maximum: 8.0
Ph minimum: 7.5
Light: 8
Atmospheric humidity: 5
Soil nutriments: 3
