Hungarian rose
Rosa gallica
Synonyms: Rosa sylvatica, Rosa assimilis, Rosa tenuis, Rosa austriaca var. haplodonta, Rosa gallica var. reinechei, Rosa gallica subvar. tridentina, Rosa gallica maheka, Rosa gallica subvar. pseudolivescens, Rosa gallica var. salivici, Rosa gallica var. hispida, Rosa gallica var. atropurpurea, Rosa gallica var. czackiana, Rosa gallica subsp. leiostyla, Rosa belgica, Rosa atropurpurea, Rosa austriaca pygmaea, Rosa gallica var. baldensis, Rosa gallica var. stenotricha, Rosa gallica f. latisepala, Rosa gallica f. officinalis, Rosa gallica var. floremarmoreo, Rosa gallica f. micropetala, Rosa gallica var. calida, Rosa provincialis blanda, Rosa austriaca var. flaccida, Rosa austriaca var. officinalis, Rosa gallica f. virescens, Rosa gallica var. mahesca, Rosa gallica f. anacantha, Rosa austriaca var. leiophylla, Rosa gallica var. trichophylla, Rosa pumila var. pollinii, Rosa gallica f. magnifica, Rosa gallica var. sabedensis, Rosa pumila var. hispida, Rosa gallica var. haplodonta, Rosa gallica var. leiostyla, Rosa gallica f. assimilis, Rosa austriaca var. subglandulosa, Rosa pumila, Rosa gallica f. baldensis, Rosa austriaca var. calida, Rosa ruralis, Rosa provincialis regalis, Rosa gallica f. srebrenicensis, Rosa velutiniflora, Rosa gallica var. subtomentella, Rosa gallica f. napocensis, Rosa gallica f. lagenoides, Rosa gallica var. pontii, Rosa gallica f. flaccida, Rosa gallica f. marmorea, Rosa gallica burboniana, Rosa austriaca var. fruticans, Rosa gallica var. virescens, Rosa gallica var. copacensis, Rosa austriaca magnifica, Rosa cordifolia f. robustifolia, Rosa gallica var. remensis-violacea, Rosa gallica var. versicolor, Rosa gallica var. holosericea, Rosa gallica f. typica, Rosa czackiana, Rosa gallica f. puberula, Rosa pumila f. delanata, Rosa austriaca, Rosa gallica f. globulosa, Rosa gallica var. liostyla, Rosa tauriae, Rosa gallica var. mutabilis, Rosa pumila var. tricolor, Rosa pinnatifida, Rosa provincialis parviflora, Rosa gallica var. rubiformis, Rosa austriaca f. calida, Rosa gallica f. subcrenata, Rosa gallica var. leiophylla, Rosa gallica var. regina, Rosa gallica var. ranunculus, Rosa gallica var. inaperta, Rosa gallica f. muelleri, Rosa gallica f. acuta, Rosa austriaca f. haplodonta, Rosa gallica var. arvina, Rosa gallica var. vittata, Rosa gallica var. remensis, Rosa austriaca var. magnifica, Rosa gallica var. officinalis, Rosa provincialis var. centifolia, Rosa gallica f. hispida, Rosa gallica f. schroeteri, Rosa gallica f. liophylla, Rosa pumila var. officinalis, Rosa gallica f. atropurpurea, Rosa provincialis variegata, Rosa gallica subvar. pumila, Rosa rubra, Rosa provincialis nana, Rosa heteracantha, Rosa gallica f. stenotricha, Rosa austriaca var. cordifolia, Rosa gallica var. oligacantha, Rosa gallica var. pumila, Rosa gallica f. mirabilis, Rosa gallica var. imitans, Rosa gallica var. armatissima, Rosa gallica subsp. gallicosempervirens, Rosa gallica var. typica, Rosa gallica f. pilifolia, Rosa mirogojana, Rosa velutiniflora f. dearmata, Rosa holosericea, Rosa gallica f. grandicalyx, Rosa gallica var. macrantha, Rosa austriaca var. pumila, Rosa gallica f. elata, Rosa gallica f. austriaca, Rosa pumila var. holosericea, Rosa austriaca var. atropurpurea, Rosa cordifolia f. parvifolia, Rosa gallica var. velutiniflora, Rosa gallica f. pseudolivescens, Rosa officinalis, Rosa gallica f. nervipilosa, Rosa gallica subsp. pumila, Rosa gallica var. subglandulosa, Rosa minimalis, Rosa gallica var. pantui, Rosa gallica f. muscipula, Rosa gallica f. fejerdensis, Rosa gallica f. clavata, Rosa gallica agatha, Rosa provincialis multiplex, Rosa gallica var. genuina, Rosa cordifolia var. robinifolia, Rosa rubra lucida, Rosa austriaca f. pannonica, Rosa gallica f. perparva, Rosa gallica var. rosamundi, Rosa gallica var. hybrida, Rosa gallica var. pulchella, Rosa gallica var. grahovicensis, Rosa × schleicheri var. rhodanii, Rosa arvina, Rosa gallica f. delanata, Rosa gallica subsp. austriaca, Rosa pumila var. subnigra, Rosa rubiginosa var. imitans, Rosa gallica f. rubiformis, Rosa pumila var. rosamundi, Rosa austriaca var. dearmata, Rosa gallica f. pumila, Rosa pygmaea, Rosa virescens, Rosa gallica var. pannonica, Rosa gallica var. multiplex, Rosa × centifolia var. provincialis, Rosa gallica var. eriostyla, Rosa gallica vulgaris, Rosa gallica f. adenophora, Rosa crenatula, Rosa provincialis hybrida, Rosa portlandica, Rosa gallica var. tomentosa, Rosa gallica f. ruralis, Rosa gallica f. haplodonta, Rosa gallica var. variegata, Rosa gallica var. magnifica, Rosa racemosa, Rosa gallica var. cordifolia, Rosa gallica axmannii, Rosa gallica var. irregularis, Rosa cordifolia, Rosa gallica f. versicolor, Rosa gallica f. semihaplodonta, Rosa austriaca var. delanata, Rosa × centifolia var. tricolor, Rosa gallica f. subtomentella, Rosa gallica var. inermis, Rosa gallica var. myriodonta, Rosa gallica var. flaccida, Rosa gallica var. marmorea, Rosa gallica f. bestepensis, Rosa provincialis var. florepleno, Rosa gallica var. conditorum, Rosa gallica var. tomentella, Rosa elata, Rosa provincialis alba, Rosa gallica f. umbricola, Rosa gallica var. plena, Rosa gallica var. ruralis, Rosa mundii, Rosa gallica f. cordata, Rosa umbrosa, Rosa gallica var. austriaca, Rosa austriaca f. pumila, Rosa gallica subvar. elata, Rosa cordata, Rosa × centifolia var. subnigra, Rosa olympica, Rosa gallica officinalis, Rosa gallica var. fiorii, Rosa rhodanii, Rosa flectidenta, Rosa gallica f. columnifera, Rosa gallica var. agatha, Rosa austriaca var. elata, Rosa provincialis bullata
Western Herbalism Properties
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Botanical Description
Rosa gallica, the Gallic or French rose, is a deciduous shrub of the family Rosaceae native to southern and central Europe through Anatolia and the Caucasus. It forms suckering clonal patches by means of underground stolons, the erect stems rising to about a metre and bearing unequal, mixed prickles and gland-tipped bristles. The pinnately compound leaves carry three to seven oval, bluish-green leaflets with serrated margins. From late spring into summer the plant produces strongly fragrant flowers in clusters of one to four, each with five (or in cultivars more) deep pink to crimson petals surrounding a boss of golden stamens. The hips are subglobose to ovoid, 10-13 mm across and orange to brownish-red when ripe. Cultivated since classical antiquity and the parent of many modern garden roses, the species was the most important rose in European horticulture until the nineteenth century.
Cultural & Historical Context
Traditional American Uses
Among the Mahuna of California, the plant was used as a remedy for high fevers and chills (Romero, 1954).
Chemistry & External Identifiers
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