Common Name: multiflora roseScientific Name: Rosa multiflora Thunb.ex Murr.Family Name: Rosaceae - Rose FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial shrub, reproducing by seed and stem runners Stemsupright to arching, climbing/scrambling, woody, smooth, sharp curved thorns Leavesalternate, pinnately compound, fringed stipules; leaflets oval, 5 to 9, serrated, dark green above and pale below with minute hairs Flowers5-petaled, white to pale pink, notched, fragrant, numerous yellow stamens; clustered Fruithips, oval, persist in winter