Prickly Sweetbriar
R. rubiginosa variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume II (1821)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa rubiginosa aculeatissima
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier rouillé très épineux
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. rubiginosa variety
COMMON NAME Prickly Sweetbriar
OTHER NAMES R. eglanteria variety
CLASS Species
ORIGIN Obtained from seed and distributed by Du Pont c. 1810
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Foliage fragrant of apples when crushed
GROWTH Medium shrub to 4 feet (1.2 meters)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?
At left; picture of the Prickly Sweetbriar rose, R. rubiginosa variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 104 out of 170, Volume II of Les Roses
