Rosa inodora
Rosa inodora
Synonyms: Rosa elliptica var. rothomagensis, Rosa agrestis var. inodora, Rosa graveolens f. jordanii, Rosa bouvieri, Rosa graveolens f. calcarea, Rosa graveolens f. lugdunensis, Rosa graveolens var. cheriensis, Rosa elliptica subvar. angustata, Rosa elliptica var. hispida, Rosa viscaria var. boullui, Rosa elliptica subvar. lugdunensis, Rosa elliptica var. genuina, Rosa viscaria var. cheriensis, Rosa lugdunensis var. platyphylloides, Rosa sepium f. briacensis, Rosa cheriensis, Rosa pseudograveolens, Rosa viscaria var. lugdunensis, Rosa graveolens f. typica, Rosa eglanteria var. billetii, Rosa graveolens var. subglobosa, Rosa elliptica var. wildensbuchiae, Rosa elliptica var. incanescens, Rosa ladanifera, Rosa graveolens f. thuringiaca, Rosa cornazii, Rosa graveolens var. genuina, Rosa elliptica var. calcarea, Rosa elliptica var. leucantha, Rosa elliptica var. spinifera, Rosa billetii, Rosa graveolens f. hispida, Rosa viscaria var. argus, Rosa elliptica var. borzae, Rosa elliptica subvar. thuringiaca, Rosa elliptica subvar. jordanii, Rosa micrantha var. billetii, Rosa jordanii, Rosa viscaria var. rothomagensis, Rosa rothomagensis, Rosa inodora var. danica, Rosa graveolens, Rosa graveolens f. angustata, Rosa graveolens var. kluckii, Rosa elliptica var. scalata, Rosa graveolens var. typica, Rosa elliptica subvar. cornazii, Rosa agrestis f. inodora, Rosa graveolens var. calcarea, Rosa viscaria var. nemorosa, Rosa elliptica var. aeduensis, Rosa elliptica var. hispidiglandulosa, Rosa viscaria var. bouvieri, Rosa graveolens f. cheriensis, Rosa elliptica var. graeca, Rosa elliptica var. minuta, Rosa lugdunensis var. microcarpa, Rosa elliptica f. argus, Rosa graveolens var. anadena, Rosa viscaria var. sparsiflora, Rosa klukii subsp. inodora, Rosa elliptica, Rosa graveolens var. nuda, Rosa elliptica f. inermis, Rosa briacensis, Rosa inodora var. szaboi, Rosa graveolens f. subnuda, Rosa graveolens f. glandulosa, Rosa rubiginosa var. inodora, Rosa graveolens var. thuringiaca, Rosa lugdunensis, Rosa elliptica var. cheriensis, Rosa elliptica var. klukii, Rosa canina f. bernensis, Rosa elliptica var. typica, Rosa elliptica subvar. bouvieri, Rosa sparsiflora, Rosa berdaui, Rosa scopulorum, Rosa sepium f. inodora, Rosa viscaria var. scopulorum, Rosa inodora f. bernensis, Rosa agrestis subvar. briacensis, Rosa graveolens f. inodora, Rosa elliptica f. dolomitica, Rosa viscaria subsp. elliptica, Rosa graveolens var. arvernensis, Rosa elliptica var. schulzei, Rosa graveolens f. minuta, Rosa graveolens var. corsica, Rosa elliptica var. liostyla, Rosa szaboi, Rosa elliptica var. anadena, Rosa elliptica subvar. gypsophila, Rosa elliptica var. palatina, Rosa viscaria var. aeduensis, Rosa inodora f. paklenicae, Rosa × nitidula var. calcarea, Rosa viscaria var. billetii, Rosa lugdunensis var. mesocarpa, Rosa sepium f. abscondita, Rosa graveolens f. rotundata, Rosa elliptica subvar. billetii, Rosa elliptica subsp. inodora, Rosa elliptica var. vaillantiana, Rosa viscaria var. jordanii, Rosa agrestis var. elliptica, Rosa graveolens subsp. szaboi, Rosa graveolens var. fimbrisepala, Rosa elliptica subvar. cheriensis, Rosa graveolens var. gypsophila, Rosa viscaria var. arvernensis, Rosa elliptica f. lanuginosa, Rosa elliptica f. briacensis, Rosa agrestis subsp. abscondita, Rosa inodora var. popekii, Rosa billietii, Rosa sepium var. inodora, Rosa elliptica f. inodora, Rosa laevipes, Rosa argus, Rosa graveolens var. inodora, Rosa elliptica var. froedei, Rosa graveolens f. vaillantiana, Rosa elliptica subvar. pseudograveolens, Rosa graveolens f. billetii, Rosa graveolens f. leiostyla, Rosa elliptica f. sparsiflora, Rosa viscaria var. ladanifera, Rosa graveolens celtica, Rosa elliptica var. andresiana, Rosa elliptica f. longipedata, Rosa elliptica f. gypsophila, Rosa rubiginosa var. bernardii, Rosa szaboi var. paklenicae, Rosa lugdunensis var. macrocarpa, Rosa boullui, Rosa elliptica var. billetii, Rosa graveolens var. elliptica, Rosa elliptica subvar. vetteri, Rosa viscaria var. mesocarpa, Rosa graveolens var. schulzei, Rosa elliptica f. hispidula, Rosa graveolens f. fragrans, Rosa popekii, Rosa eglanteria var. bernardii, Rosa elliptica f. confusa, Rosa elliptica subvar. latifolia, Rosa viscaria var. bernardii, Rosa elliptica var. calafateanui, Rosa elliptica var. szaboi, Rosa sauteri, Rosa elliptica var. jordanii, Rosa bernardii, Rosa graveolens subsp. jordanii, Rosa aeduensis, Rosa rubiginosa subsp. elliptica
Western Herbalism Properties
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Botanical Description
Rosa inodora, commonly known as the apple-scented sweet briar or sweet-briar rose, is a deciduous shrub in the family Rosaceae native to central and southern Europe and western Asia, where it grows in dry calcareous grasslands, scrub margins, and rocky open woodland. The plant forms an arching, densely branched bush 1 to 3 metres tall with stout greenish-brown stems bearing scattered, broad-based, recurved prickles. Leaves are alternate, pinnately compound with five to seven (rarely nine) ovate to elliptic leaflets 1 to 3 centimetres long with doubly serrate margins; the undersides are dotted with sticky reddish glands that release a faint apple-like fragrance when crushed (less strongly aromatic than the related R. rubiginosa, hence the epithet inodora). Stipules are narrow and adnate to the petiole. Flowers are solitary or in small corymbs, 3 to 4 centimetres across, with five pale pink to nearly white obcordate petals and numerous yellow stamens. The fruit is a smooth, ovoid to ellipsoid scarlet hip 1 to 2 centimetres long crowned by reflexed sepals that fall before ripeness.
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Traditional American Uses
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