🔍 Dog Rose | Rosa canina 🌹
📍 Escazú, San José, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
💬 Despite its delicate appearance, the Dog Rose is incredibly tough — it’s been used as a rootstock for grafting cultivated roses for centuries. Its bright red rose hips are packed with vitamin C and have been used in herbal teas and remedies since ancient times!
Flora
Dog Rose
// Basic ID
Conservation Status
Least Concern
Other Common Names
Briar Rose, Hip Rose, Wild Rose
Plant Type
Deciduous shrub
Flower / Leaf Color
Pink to magenta petals with white center, green pinnate leaves
Lifespan
Perennial
// Size
Height
1–5 m
Spread
1–3 m
// Habitat & Behavior
Uses
Herbal medicine, rose hip tea, rootstock for grafted roses, ornamental
Wildlife Attraction
Bees, butterflies, birds (rose hips)
Native Region
Europe, Western Asia, Northwest Africa
Current Distribution
Naturalized worldwide, including Central America
Habitat
Hedgerows, woodland edges, roadsides, gardens
Sources: IUCN Red List · Plants of the World Online · USDA PLANTS Database · Encyclopedia of Life