[2] Not all authorities accept it as distinct, with the Flora Europaea (encyclopedia of plants, published up to 1994) treating it as a synonym of Rosa canina or R.

[1] The specific epithet of dumalis is derived from the Latin word dumosus meaning thorny, compact and bushy.

[10][11] Microsatellite markers (simple sequence repeats (SSRs)) have been used by plant geneticists to determine relationships within the Rosa family.

[12] It is native to several countries; (in Europe) Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina,[6] Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,[6] Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,[6] Lithuania,[6] Moldova,[6] Montenegro,[6] Netherlands, North Macedonia,[6] Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia,[6] Spain, Slovakia,[6] Slovenia,[6] Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey,[13] Ukraine and Yugoslavia.

[17] In Turkey, due to its thorns and scrambling habit, it is often used as a fence (or hedge) in open areas, especially on the edges of arable fields.