Upright Field Rose
R. stylosa
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Stylosa
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier des Champs à tiges érigées
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. stylosa
COMMON NAME Upright Field Rose
CLASS Species
ORIGIN Found by Redouté & Thory in a hedgerow, Longjumeau and Paris environs, France, 1815
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring or summer
SCENT Slight/no fragrance
GROWTH Medium shrub, 4-5 feet (1.2-1.5 metres) high
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation and wild
At left; picture of the Upright Field Rose, R. stylosa, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 130 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
