Ovoid-Fruited Field Rose
R. arvensis variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume I (1817)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa arvensis ovata
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier des champs à fruits ovoïdes
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. arvensis variety
COMMON NAME Ovoid-Fruited Field Rose
OTHER NAMES, Kriech Rose
CLASS Species
ORIGIN Native to Britain
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring/summer
SCENT Sweetly scented
GROWTH Rambles over support to 20 feet ( 6.0 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation and wild
At left; picture of the Field Rose, R. arvensis variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 033 out of 170, Volume I of Les Roses.
