White Rose Bush

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Can someone please ID what type of rose bush this is? I'm sorry I don't have a picture with the flowers on it! It bloomed during a very busy few weeks and with the Florida weather it got false hope, bloomed, and died when the cold weather came back unexpectedly. It was over rather quickly. 

But it is a white flower with a yellow center and flat petals that lay down. I have personally never seen a rose bush that has the spiky bulb below the bloom. I've searched but just cannot tell by looking at the flowering versions.

Any help would be much appreciated! 

Nollie

That’s fascinating, never seen such spikes either! The flower sounds like it’s a species rose of some sort, but the glossy leaves are not so typical. Do you have any photos of the blooms from past years? I know the US often has ones we don’t see much in Europe, though. @Marlorena, could you hazard a guess?

K67

There are some images on Google of spikey rose hips but most don't name a rose.
There is this one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_laevigata but as Nollie says it's the glossy leaves but is that from a flash on your camera as it looks as if the photo has been taken at night.

Marlorena

..yes, it could be a laevigata [the Cherokee rose in Florida] .. it has glossy leaves, as does bracteata hybrids... but the bristly hips points more to laevigata..

... if we look at R. laevigata 'Cooperi' ['Cooper's Burmese..]
https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.261807

https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.87900

https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.79470

..something along those lines I should think..