Synonyms:

• (=) 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 [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, 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 Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
3. Encke, F. et al. 1973. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage (Zander ed13)
4. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage (Zander ed16)
5. Euro+Med Editorial Committee Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). (EuroMed Plantbase)
6. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
7. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 (Pl SAfr ed2)
8. Henderson, L. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12 (Weeds SAfr 2001)
9. Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds (Atlas WWeed)
10. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening (Dict Gard)
11. Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976) (Krussmann)
12. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia (Econ Pl Aust)
13. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
14. Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson Noxious weeds of Australia (Noxweed Aust)
15. Personal Care Products Council International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient (INCI)
16. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
17. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
18. Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds (Invasive Pl Spec)

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image