Description: A wild species rose with an upright, spreading habit. Mid to dark green, pinnate leaves have oval to rounded leaflets with finely toothed margins. Single, saucer-shaped flowers are pale rose-pink, each Bloom with a showy central crown of golden stamens. The flowers are produced in midsummer and are followed by yellow hips covered in prickles.

Additional common name - Single Chestnut Rose

There seems to be an awful lot of confusion surrounding the nomenclature of this rose. Most sources describe R. roxburghii with a double pink flower. The specimen growing in the thicket is a single-flowered form and does not appear to have any white in the flowers. It may possibly be R. roxburghii f. normalis.