Anemone-Flowered Sweetbriar
R. rubiginosa variety
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Rubiginosa anemone-flora
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier Rouillé à fleurs d’anémone
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. rubiginosa variety
COMMON NAME Anemone-Flowered Sweetbriar
OTHER NAMES R. eglanteria variety
CLASS Species
ORIGIN Variation of the R. rubiginosa var. triflora, first noticed as a grafted shrub, 1819, in the garden of Monsieur Catel, France
FLOWERING Once-flowering; sping or summer
SCENT Sweet fragrance, wine-scented foliage
GROWTH Bushy shrub, 2-3 feet (0.6-0.9 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation?
At left; picture of the Amenone-Flowered Sweetbriar Rose, R. rubiginosa variety, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 127 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
