Rosa agrestisSavi

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WFO wfo-0000985731 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Rosa agrestis, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. a Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-05-08 / obs. 141273080
Rosa agrestis, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. b Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 141273113
Rosa agrestis, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. c Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 141273147

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Native range 37 botanical countries

Regions where Rosa agrestis is native: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Netherlands, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.North CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaAustriaBelgiumBulgariaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyKritiKrymNetherlandsNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSiciliaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Rosa agrestis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baleares BAL
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 211 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Chabertia agrestis (Savi) Gand.
  • Chabertia sepium Gand.
  • Chabertia virgultorum (Ripart ex Déségl.) Gand.
  • Rosa abscondita Charb.
  • Rosa abscondita Christ ex Gremli
  • Rosa agrestis f. arvatica (Puget ex Baker) Fiori
  • Rosa agrestis f. ciliatosepala R.Keller
  • Rosa agrestis f. elatior Kupcsok
  • Rosa agrestis f. inermis R.Keller
  • Rosa agrestis f. lanuginea Schwertschl.
  • Rosa agrestis f. microphylla Goiran ex R.Keller
  • Rosa agrestis f. parvifolia (Rouy) C.Vicioso
  • Rosa agrestis f. pseudoelliptica (Rouy & E.G.Camus) R.Keller
  • Rosa agrestis f. scaphusiensis R.Keller
  • Rosa agrestis f. soulovillei Gand.
  • Rosa agrestis f. steffenii E.Schenk
  • Rosa agrestis f. stenorhyncha (Gand.) R.Keller
  • Rosa agrestis f. subdestituta R.Keller
  • Rosa agrestis f. virgultorum (Ripart ex Déségl.) Malinv.
  • Rosa agrestis subsp. caryophyllacea E.Schenk
  • Rosa agrestis subsp. floriana (Vuk.) Sabr.
  • Rosa agrestis subsp. pubescens (Rapin ex Reut.) E.Schenk
  • Rosa agrestis subsp. silesiaca Schalow
  • Rosa agrestis subvar. albiflora (Opiz) R.Keller

and 187 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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