Rosa damascena 

The Damask rose is a deciduous shrub growing to 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in) tall, the stems densely armed with stout, curved prickles and stiff bristles. The leaves are pinnate, with five (rarely seven) leaflets. The roses are a light to moderate pink to light red. The relatively small flowers grow in groups. The bush has an informal shape. It is considered an important type of Old Rose, and also important for its prominent place in the pedigree of many other typesRoses are grown for their attractive and often very fragrant flowres, borne mainly in summer and autumn, and sometimes also for their fruits, known as hips. The flowers are solitary or borne in corymbs, are sometimes remontant, and very greatly in colour, size, and form. Roses are suitable for a range of garden situations: as specimen plants or standards, for a shrub or mixed border, as hedges, or as climbers to clothe walls, trees, pillars, pergolas, and arbours. Groups of roses are often grown together in a single bed; a well-chosen mix of cultivars will ensure a long summer display. Miniature roses are suitable for a rock garden, raised bed, or containers. The flowers of all roses are popular for cutting.
Species, or wild, roses (including inter-specific hybrids, which share most of the characteristics of their parent species) are either shrubs or climbers, mostly bearing single, 5-petalled, often fragrant flowers in early summer, usually in one flush on short shoots from second-year wood; the flowers are followed by red or black hips.