Spiny-Leaved Rose of Dematra
R. spinulifolia ‘Dematra’
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Spinulifolia Dematratiana
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier Spinulé de Dematra
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. spinulifolia ‘Dematra’
COMMON NAME Spiny-Leaved Rose of Dematra
CLASS Species
ORIGIN Discovered near Châtel-sur-Montsalvens, Fribourg, Switzerland by Dean Dematra, priest of Corbières, pre 1818
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Slight/no scent
GROWTH Medium shrub, 3-4 feet (0.9-1.2 metres) high
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
At left; picture of the Spiny-Leaved Rose of Dematra, R. spinulifolia, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 118 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
