The flowering time ranges in China from April to September.
Rarely, the flowers are solitary, usually four or five bundles together.
The 2.5 to 6 cm long pedicel is hairy almost bald or glandular-fluffy.
The one to three bare bracts are linear with a pointed upper end and smooth or glandular margin.
The flowers have a mild fragrance.

The hermaphrodite flowers have radial symmetry with a diameter of 4 to 5 centimeters and are divided with double perianth.
There are cultivated forms with simple to more or less strongly filled flowers, which are also wild in China and other areas of temperate latitudes.
The bald flower cup (hypanthium) is egg-shaped-spherical or pear-shaped.
The early dropping sepals are ovate or sometimes foliage-like, simple or lobed with a dished upper end and bald on the underside and hairy on the top shaggy.

The depending on the form five to several or many petals are white over pink to red or purple, obovate with a wedge-shaped base and a polished upper end.
There are many stamens present.
The free, hairy styluses tower over the petals and are almost as long as the stamens.
In China, the rose hips ripen from June to November and turn red.
The bald rose hip is egg-shaped or pear-shaped with a diameter of 1 to 2 centimeters.
The flowering time ranges in China from April to September. Rarely, the flowers are solitary, usually four or five bundles together. The 2.5 to 6 cm long pedicel is hairy almost bald or glandular-fluffy. The one to three bare bracts are linear with a pointed upper end and smooth or glandular margin. The flowers have a mild fragrance.
The hermaphrodite flowers have radial symmetry with a diameter of 4 to 5 centimeters and are divided with double perianth. There are cultivated forms with simple to more or less strongly filled flowers, which are also wild in China and other areas of temperate latitudes. The bald flower cup (hypanthium) is egg-shaped-spherical or pear-shaped. The early dropping sepals are ovate or sometimes foliage-like, simple or lobed with a dished upper end and bald on the underside and hairy on the top shaggy.
The depending on the form five to several or many petals are white over pink to red or purple, obovate with a wedge-shaped base and a polished upper end. There are many stamens present. The free, hairy styluses tower over the petals and are almost as long as the stamens. In China, the rose hips ripen from June to November and turn red. The bald rose hip is egg-shaped or pear-shaped with a diameter of 1 to 2 centimeters.
Rosa chinensis