Rosehips Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Rosehips are the fruit of the dog rose (Rosa canina), a vigorous deciduous shrub of the rose family, Rosaceae, native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia and naturalized in North America, where it grows in hedgerows and scrub. Its arching, hooked-thorned stems reach 3 meters, with pinnate leaves of five to seven toothed leaflets and single pale pink to white, five-petaled flowers in early summer. The oval, glossy scarlet hips ripen in autumn and hold many hard, hairy seeds inside a fleshy, tart outer wall. We extract the dried fruit and seed separately.