Multiflora rose – whose Latin name is Rosa multiflora, logically enough – is kind of a shit rose. A lovely portrait of a shit rose. It is native to east Asia, but definitely not North America, where it has become wildly invasive. … if you know me at all, you know I have a bee in my bonnet about the term “invasive,” but my definition of a shitty invasive is “can I find it naturalized in woodlands behind my house?