Rosaceae
Burnet rose
Rosa spinosissima
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (33)
- Arabic
- ورد القزم
- Armenian
- Մասրենի առատափուշ
- arz
- ورد سبينوسيسيما
- Azerbaijani
- Çoxtikanlı itburnu
- Belarusian
- Ружа найкалючая
- Bulgarian
- Бодлива шипка
- Catalan
- Roser espinosíssim, Gavarrera, Rosier pimprenelle
- Chinese
- 密刺蔷薇, 密刺薔薇, 黄花蔷薇
- Czech
- Růže bedrníkolistá
- Danish
- Klitrose, Klit-rose
- Dutch
- Duinroos, Duinroosje, Pimpinellros
- English
- Burnet rose, Scotch rose
- Esperanto
- Multegpikila rozo, Bibernell-rozo, Dunrozo
- Finnish
- Pimpinellaruusu, Juhannusruusu
- French
- Rosier pimprenelle, Rosier à feuilles de pimprenelle
- frr
- Dünemruus
- German
- Bibernell-Rose, Bibernellrose, Dünen-Rose, Dünenrose, Felsen-Rose, Felsenrose, Pimpinell-Rose, Rosier pimprenelle
- hsb
- Mnohokałačkata róža
- Hungarian
- Jajrózsa
- Icelandic
- Þyrnirós
- Irish
- Briúlán
- Japanese
- ロサ・ピンピネリフォリア
- Latvian
- Maijrozīte
- Lithuanian
- Rosier pimprenelle
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Pimpinellerose
- Persian
- رز رشکک
- Polish
- Róża gęstokolczasta
- Russian
- Шиповник колючейший, Роза бедренцелистная, Роза колючейшая, Роза пимпинеллифолия, Роза спинозиссима, Роза тонконожковая, Шиповник бедренцелистный, Шиповник колючий
- Slovak
- Ruža bedrovníkolistá
- Slovenian
- Bodičasti šipek
- Swedish
- Spinosissimarosor, Pimpinellros, Pimpinellrosor, Rosier pimprenelle, Spinosissimaros
- Ukrainian
- Шипшина найколючіша
- Welsh
- Rhosyn bwrned
Synonyms
- Rosa mathonetii Crép.
- Rosa pimpinellifolia subsp. spinosissima (L.) Lemke
- Rosa pimpinellifolia var. arenivaga Rouy
- Rosa pimpinellifolia var. baicheriana Rouy
- Rosa pimpinellifolia var. hispidissima Rouy
- Rosa pimpinellifolia var. microphylla Rouy
- Rosa pimpinellifolia var. spinosissima (L.) Lam.
- Rosa pimpinellifolia var. vallotii Rouy
- Rosa scalica Mill.
- Rosa spinosissima var. baicheriana (Rouy) C.Vicioso
- Rosa spinosissima var. catacalyx Dingler
- Rosa spinosissima var. hispidissima (Rouy) C.Vicioso
- Rosa spinosissima var. mathonetii (Crép.) Rouy
- Rosa spinosissima var. myriacantha (DC.) Loisel.
- Rosa spinosissima var. pimpinellifolia (L.) Hook.
- Rosa spinosissima var. ripartii (Déségl.) C.Vicioso
- Rosa spinosissima var. vallotii (Rouy) C.Vicioso
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 523 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos

FlowerPhoto: Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chris D Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jaro Guzinski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: goldfjnch, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Velela, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: rmjb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Onno Zweers, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zachary Dankowicz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.