Thousand-Spined Rose
R. myriacantha
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Myriacantha
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier ŕ Mille-Epines
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. myriacantha
COMMON NAME Thousand-Spined Rose
OTHER NAMES R. pimpinellifolia var. myriacantha, R. spinossisima var. myriacantha
CLASS Species (Hybrid)
ORIGIN Native to the Dauphine, France, cultivated c. 1805
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Slight/no fragrance
GROWTH Small spiny shrub to 2 feet (0.6 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation
At left; picture of the Thousand-Spined Rose, R. myriacantha, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 120 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
