Photographs: Co. Waterford

Sweet-briar Rosa rubiginosa Dris chumhra Family: Rosaceae Flowering June-August. Deciduous shrub. Native. Bright-pink flowers are followed by scarlet hips with some stalked glands. The sepals have some lobes, spreading-erect and usually persisting. Undersides of the leaves have apple-scented glands and hairs on the veins. Strong erect stems with curved prickles, height 1-2m. Found on calcareous ground in hedgerows and scrub. Rare, widespread but with a scattered distribution in Ireland. Identified by Paul Green

Sweet-briar, Rosa rubiginosa, Dris chumhra