Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Rosa eglanteria L.
• (-) Rosa rubiginosa var. rubiginosa L.

Common names:

• eglantine  (Source: Noxweed Aust) - English
• sweetbriar  (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001) - English
• sweetbrier  (Source: Econ Pl Aust) - English
• wilderoos  (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001) - Afrikaans
• rosier rouillé  (Source: Zander ed16) - French
• Wein-Rose  (Source: Zander ed16) - German
• äppelros  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (as Rosa eglanteria) ornamental; ornamental; ornamental; ornamental
• Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Iraq, Turkey

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
• EASTERN EUROPE: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Spain (incl. Baleares)


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized

Africa

• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, South Africa

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia
• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Connecticut]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Illinois, Oklahoma, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California, Utah]

Southern America

• South America (s.)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) URL: www.skud.info
2. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: mentions
3. Encke, F. et al. 1973. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
4. Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
5. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
6. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
7. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
8. Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
9. Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
10. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
11. Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
12. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
13. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
14. Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
15. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
16. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
17. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
18. Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=32151. Accessed 18 May 2024.