Boost your antioxidant defenses with Swanson Full Spectrum Rose Hips. Natural roses bear a spherical red fruit called a rose hip, and this part of the plant is one of the most abundant sources of vitamin C found on the planet. In years past, the rose was valued more as a food and medicine than as flower of beauty, and rose hips were often made into jellies and teas. Today we recognize vitamin C as an important antioxidant for head to toe health, and rose hip capsules deliver a convenient source of it.