Cheerful Madness!! 🖤🩶🤍💜Sep 23, 2023
What are these plants called? Their flowers are very fragrant but their branches are covered in murderous spikes. And their fruits’ colour and general appearance convey such a notion of toxicity, I feel nauseous just by looking at them. #botany #plants #plantlife #plantrecognition
Show threadMegan Lynch (she/her)Sep 23, 2023
@cheerfulmadness Looks like Rosa rugosa.
Show threadCheerful Madness!! 🖤🩶🤍💜
@ml @Septembersonne Thank you both for your answers. I just read more about it and apparently, its fruits are edible. 😳 So much for assuming they're toxic. #rosarugosa
Sep 23, 2023 at 8:54amWeb
Show threadMegan Lynch (she/her)Sep 23, 2023

@cheerfulmadness Yes, when I bought one it was specifically to use the rosehips.

Note that rosehips are often "hairy" inside so they're not something you bite into like an apple. You usually make jelly or tea or nypponsopa out of them. https://www.swedishfood.com/swedish-food-recipes-desserts/217-rosehip-soup

Rosehip soup (Nyponsoppa)

A recipe for rosehip soup (nyponsoppa), one of the great classics of Swedish food.

Show threadCheerful Madness!! 🖤🩶🤍💜Sep 23, 2023
@ml This is very interesting. Thank you for providing a recipe 😀 👍
Show threadCheerful Madness!! 🖤🩶🤍💜Sep 23, 2023
@ml It packs a mean punch nutritionally too!