Redleaf rose
Rosa glauca
Synonyms: Rosa rubrifolia var. latifolia, Rosa glauca var. jauringii, Rosa glauca var. faucium, Rosa glauca var. subnitidiformis, Rosa glauca var. adenophora, Rosa reuteri f. doleritica, Rosa glauca f. versifolia, Rosa vicinalis var. discrescens, Rosa glauca var. berniciensis, Rosa glauca var. ungulata, Rosa glauca f. atrichostylis, Rosa glauca f. schwertschlageri, Rosa rubrifolia var. glaucescens, Rosa glauca var. largidentata, Rosa glauca var. hirtella, Rosa glauca var. detruncata, Rosa rubrifolia var. redoutea, Rosa glauca f. longifolia, Rosa glauca var. pubescens, Rosa glauca var. diversiglandulosa, Rosa glauca var. norimbergensis, Rosa rubrifolia subvar. macrophylla, Rosa glauca f. traversii, Rosa glauca f. aspersa, Rosa glauca var. sanktnikolai, Rosa glauca f. conferta, Rosa livida, Rosa glauca f. wahlenbergii, Rosa ferruginea var. carniolica, Rosa glauca var. alcimonensis, Rosa rubrifolia var. senticosiformis, Rosa afzeliana var. glandulifera, Rosa glauca var. rubens, Rosa glauca f. mattirolii, Rosa glauca var. prosadenophora, Rosa glauca var. rohlenae, Rosa glauca f. josephi, Rosa rubrifolia var. livida, Rosa glauca var. decurtata, Rosa glabrata, Rosa glauca var. subrubelliflora, Rosa glauca f. seemeniana, Rosa glauca f. acutiformis, Rosa reuteri f. versifolia, Rosa vosagiaca var. hispidocaballicensis, Rosa glauca f. bernardensis, Rosa glauca f. uniserrata, Rosa × collina var. laevigata, Rosa glauca f. fenarolii, Rosa glauca f. leioclada, Rosa glauca var. hispida, Rosa rubrifolia var. gutensteinensis, Rosa glauca f. diacantha, Rosa glauca var. macracantha, Rosa glauca f. pusilla, Rosa afzeliana var. pseudohaberiana, Rosa glauca var. doleritica, Rosa reuteri var. mitigata, Rosa glauca var. subvirens, Rosa glauca var. wartmannii, Rosa ferruginea f. carniolica, Rosa glauca var. conferta, Rosa glauca f. rubicata, Rosa glauca var. glandulifera, Rosa cinnamomea var. rubrifolia, Rosa glauca var. juguenazensis, Rosa glauca subvar. mitigata, Rosa glauca f. pseudocomplicata, Rosa coriifolia var. bellevallis, Rosa rubrifolia var. kelleri, Rosa glauca var. adenosepala, Rosa glauca f. separata, Rosa glauca var. subsempervirens, Rosa glauca var. atroviridis, Rosa glauca subvar. commutata, Rosa glauca var. acharii, Rosa glauca var. subelata, Rosa glauca var. flexuosa, Rosa glauca f. hispida, Rosa glauca var. macrocarpa, Rosa glauca var. opacifolia, Rosa glauca var. rebholzii, Rosa rubrifolia var. pseudoglauca, Rosa rubrifolia var. genuina, Rosa glauca f. salana, Rosa glauca subsp. consternata, Rosa glauca f. angustifolia, Rosa glauca var. wippraensis, Rosa glauca f. superargutula, Rosa glauca f. dorrii, Rosa glauca var. intromissa, Rosa glauca var. pseudohaberiana, Rosa glauca var. glaucescens, Rosa rubrifolia f. typica, Rosa ferruginea f. pubescens, Rosa rubrifolia var. laevis, Rosa glauca f. perargutula, Rosa glauca subvar. adenophora, Rosa glauca var. subvenosa, Rosa glauca subvar. seringei, Rosa glauca var. pseudofalcata, Rosa glauca var. colomannensis, Rosa glauca var. subglauca, Rosa glauca var. decipiens, Rosa glauca var. vallisfagorum, Rosa glauca f. atroviridis, Rosa afzeliana var. hirsutifolia, Rosa glauca var. hispidocaballicensis, Rosa glauca var. contracta, Rosa glauca f. fornensis, Rosa gemina, Rosa rubrifolia var. pubescens, Rosa glauca f. opaciformis, Rosa ilseana var. pubescens, Rosa ilseana, Rosa glauca f. macrocola, Rosa rubrifolia var. macrophylla, Rosa glauca var. atrella, Rosa glauca var. recedens, Rosa glauca var. trachyphylloides, Rosa reuteri var. intermedia, Rosa vosagiaca var. subleiostylis, Rosa glauca var. conica, Rosa glauca var. alloeacantha, Rosa glauca var. dunensis, Rosa rubrifolia var. subinermis, Rosa glauca var. jaccardii, Rosa glauca f. grandiceps, Rosa rubrifolia var. cinnamoneoides, Rosa ferruginea var. typica, Rosa glauca var. montanifolia, Rosa rubrifolia f. jurana, Rosa glauca f. hardeggensis, Rosa glauca f. killermannii, Rosa glauca var. petrirossii, Rosa opaciformis, Rosa glauca var. serrata, Rosa rubrifolia carniolica, Rosa ferruginea, Rosa glauca var. pseudofugax, Rosa wahlenbergii var. cliens, Rosa glauca var. subinclinata, Rosa afzeliana f. decurtata, Rosa glauca var. acutifolia, Rosa glauca var. capillata, Rosa afzeliana f. faucium, Rosa glauca f. pauperata, Rosa gutensteinensis, Rosa rubrifolia var. praerupticola, Rosa cinnamomea var. concolor, Rosa rubrifolia var. dispersa, Rosa glauca var. inserta, Rosa reuteri f. sandbergeri, Rosa glauca f. subcomplicata, Ozanonia livida, Rosa ferruginea livida, Rosa glauca f. calva, Rosa glauca subvar. archetypa, Rosa bathyphylla, Rosa vosagiaca var. subinclinata, Rosa glauca var. concavata, Rosa glauca subsp. dyringii, Rosa coriifolia f. bellevallis, Rosa glauca var. pilinaeva, Rosa glauca subvar. rhaetica, Rosa glauca var. laevigata, Rosa glauca f. heliophila, Rosa rubrifolia var. jurana, Rosa glauca var. setifera, Rosa glauca var. affinis, Rosa wahlenbergii, Rosa glauca var. commutata, Rosa glauca f. subleiostylis, Rosa glauca f. acutifolia, Rosa rubrifolia, Rosa glauca subvar. macrophylla, Rosa glauca f. fulvispina, Rosa glauca var. intercalata, Rosa rubrifolia var. gaillardii, Rosa glauca f. sanctmichaelis, Rosa glauca var. subdetruncata, Rosa glauca var. abrezolii, Rosa ferruginea f. livida, Rosa glauca var. contracomplicata, Rosa glauca f. subargutula, Rosa glauca f. echinata, Rosa rubrifolia var. typica, Rosa glauca var. rigida, Rosa glauca var. fallax, Rosa glauca subsp. hibernica, Rosa glauca f. laevis, Rosa majalis var. rubrifolia, Rosa glauca var. bellevallis, Rosa glauca var. slawodolica, Rosa lurida, Rosa glauca subvar. crepiniana, Rosa glauca subvar. acutiformis, Rosa afzeliana var. hispidocaballicensis, Rosa glauca var. submicrocarpa, Rosa reuteri f. seringei, Rosa rubrifolia var. hispidula, Rosa contracta, Rosa glauca var. delphinensis, Rosa glauca var. nitida, Rosa glauca var. gabrielssonii, Rosa glauca var. puberula, Rosa glauca f. intermedia, Rosa gemina subsp. geminella, Rosa reuteri f. archetypa, Rosa glauca var. caninaeformis, Rosa glauca var. armifera, Rosa glauca subvar. sandbergeri, Rosa ferruginea subsp. glabrata, Rosa glauca var. concomitans, Rosa glauca subvar. burseri, Rosa glauca f. subbiserrata, Rosa rubrifolia var. cinnamomeoides, Rosa rubicunda, Rosa pauciflora, Rosa glauca var. elata, Rosa glauca subsp. vicinalis, Rosa glauca var. placida, Rosa glauca subvar. rigida, Rosa rubrifolia var. abrezolii, Rosa glauca var. hirsutifolia, Rosa glauca f. mecocarpa, Rosa rubrifolia var. inermis, Rosa glauca subsp. farinulosa, Rosa glauca var. veridica, Rosa vicinalis, Rosa glauca f. ugolinii, Rosa glauca f. bathyphylla, Rosa glauca var. acutiformis, Rosa glauca var. subnitida, Rosa glauca var. satura, Rosa glauca var. cornazii, Rosa glauca f. lagenoides, Rosa glauca var. longepedunculata, Rosa rubrifolia var. pinnatifida, Rosa glauca var. nitidiformis, Rosa rubrifolia f. diminuta, Rosa glauca var. intermedia, Rosa glauca var. gemina, Rosa glauca var. campigliensis, Rosa glauca var. sandbergeri, Rosa ferruginea var. glaucescens, Rosa glauca subsp. argutula, Rosa glauca var. brizii, Rosa afzeliana var. berniciensis, Rosa glauca var. concolor, Rosa glauca var. rossiana, Rosa acutiformis, Rosa glauca subsp. euglauca
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Botanical Description
Rosa glauca, sometimes still listed as Rosa rubrifolia and known as the red-leaved or redleaf rose, is a deciduous shrub of the Rosaceae family native to the mountains of central and southern Europe. It produces few or many cinnamon-coloured, gracefully arching canes 1.5 to 3 metres tall, sparsely armed with slender straight prickles and a few stiff bristles. The most distinctive feature is the foliage, which is glaucous blue-green when grown in shade and becomes strikingly coppery, plum or purplish in full sun; each pinnate leaf is 5 to 10 centimetres long with five to nine narrowly ovate-elliptic leaflets bearing serrate margins and a waxy bloom. In early summer the plant produces clusters of two to five fragile, clear pink, five-petalled flowers 2.5 to 4 centimetres in diameter, with a paler centre and a pale yellow boss of stamens. These are followed in late summer and autumn by abundant rounded to broadly ovoid hips 10 to 15 millimetres long that ripen to a glossy deep red and persist into winter. The shrub favours sunny rocky slopes, clearings and montane scrub.
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Traditional American Uses
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