According to Greek mythology, red roses first appeared when Aphrodite pricked her foot on a thorn, spilling blood on a white rose. Since then, roses' thorns have captured the imaginations of ...

A rose thorn can easily puncture the skin, bringing with it bacteria and fungi that can lead to diseases such as sporotrichosis and plant-thorn synovitis.

A rose at the New York Botanical Garden; ... At the very least, it should make life easier for horticulturalists plucking roses’ pesky thorns. Journal. Science. DOI. 10.1126/science.ado1663 .