spice or flavor-producing plant rose plant Rosa Rosa L. PLANTS:ROSA5 A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus *Rosa*, in the family *Rosaceae*, or the flower it bears. There are over a hundred species and thousands of cultivars. Rose hips are occasionally made into jam, jelly, marmalade, and soup or are brewed for tea, primarily for their high vitamin C content. They are also pressed and filtered to make rose hip syrup. Rose hips are also used to produce rose hip seed oil, which is used in skin products and some makeup products. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose] Rosa spp. rosa rosaceae rosae requires discussion