Double Red Burnet Rose
R. pimpinellifolia variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume I (1817)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Pimpinellifolia rubra (Flore multiplici)
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier Pimprenelle rouge (Variété à fleurs doubles)
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. pimpinellifolia variety
COMMON NAME Double Red Burnet Rose
CLASS Species
ORIGIN From seed by Monsieur Descemet, c 1800s
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring/summer
SCENT Slight fragrance
GROWTH Small shrub to 1.5 feet (0.45 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation, but rare
At left; picture of the Double Red Burnet Rose, R. pimpinellifolia variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 048 out of 170, Volume I of Les Roses
