Soft downy rose
Rosa mollis
Synonyms: Rosa mollis var. schultzei, Rosa expallescens, Rosa mollis f. laeticinericolor, Rosa mollis f. prodiens, Rosa mollis var. montenegrina, Rosa mollis resinosa, Rosa villifera, Rosa mollissima var. pseudorubiginosa, Rosa mollis f. caeruleatifrons, Rosa mollis f. hesslensis, Rosa dubitabilis, Rosa petrophila, Rosa mollis f. incisula, Rosa mollis f. denticulatior, Rosa mollis f. minutidens, Rosa mollis f. rectellidens, Rosa ruprechtii, Rosa mollis f. obliquatula, Rosa mollis f. setuligera, Rosa mollissima var. eglandulosa, Rosa mollis f. albidella, Rosa mollis f. echinatula, Rosa atona, Rosa mollis f. arrectellidens, Rosa mollis f. fuliginicolor, Rosa mollis f. delicatula, Rosa mollis f. lappacea, Rosa mollis f. profundula, Rosa rubiginosa var. globosa, Rosa pseudopomifera var. refragata, Rosa mollis f. villifera, Rosa mollis f. ingestula, Rosa mollis f. morellipes, Rosa mollis f. rigens, Rosa mollissima var. ovata, Rosa mollis f. caerulifrons, Rosa mollis f. curtisetigera, Rosa mollis f. heterotypa, Rosa grossella, Rosa mollis f. orphnodes, Rosa villosa var. pseudorubiginosa, Rosa mollis f. refragata, Rosa mollis var. pseudopomifera, Rosa mollis f. sphaerocarpa, Rosa mollis genuina, Rosa mollis f. morula, Rosa mollis f. latellipes, Rosa mollis f. profusidens, Rosa pseudopomifera, Rosa mollis var. villosifolia, Rosa mollissima var. nemoralis, Rosa mollis f. apertella, Rosa mollis f. caliginosula, Rosa mollis f. dahlstedtii, Rosa mollis f. contrahens, Rosa mollis subsp. emplyota, Rosa mollis f. loennrothii, Rosa mollis f. orphnophora, Rosa mollis f. refragatula, Rosa kitaibelii, Rosa mollis var. spinescens, Rosa mollis var. pseudorubiginosa, Rosa mollissima f. coerulea, Rosa mollis f. concinericolor, Rosa mollis var. glabrata, Rosa mollis f. depressula, Rosa mollis f. celeratipes, Rosa mollis f. gracilens, Rosa mollis f. intentidens, Rosa mollis f. nacophora, Rosa mollis f. progestula, Rosa mollis f. vingensis, Rosa mollis f. parvella, Rosa mollis f. rotatilis, Rosa mollissima var. mollis, Rosa mollis f. apicatifrons, Rosa mollis f. calycida, Rosa mollis f. inflagrans, Rosa mollis subsp. emplyotoides, Rosa mollis f. impomifera, Rosa mollis f. ortalensis, Rosa mollis var. lundquistii, Rosa mollis f. pugnacidens, Rosa mollissima var. caerulescens, Rosa mollis var. abatensis, Rosa mollis f. atona, Rosa mollis f. conducta, Rosa pseudorubiginosa, Rosa mollis var. ciliatopetala, Rosa villosa subsp. molligothoburgensis, Rosa mollis var. nana, Rosa mollis f. intracascens, Rosa pomifera f. dimorphacanthoides, Rosa mollis f. immorsella, Rosa mollis f. protendens, Rosa mollissima var. glabrata, Rosa scheutzii, Rosa cujavica, Rosa mollis f. rotundula, Rosa heckeliana var. montenegrina, Rosa mollis var. patula, Rosa mollissima var. micrantha, Rosa villosa var. caerulea, Rosa mollis f. canella, Rosa mollis f. correctidens, Rosa mollis f. empylota, Rosa mollis f. boeoschista, Rosa mollis f. imporrectella, Rosa mollis f. ovuligera, Rosa mollis f. lundquistii, Rosa mollis f. fericula, Rosa mollis f. nigricolor, Rosa mollis f. pyrifera, Rosa mollis f. stictophylla, Rosa mollis f. glandulosior, Rosa mollis f. dimorphacanthoides, Rosa mollissima var. caerulea, Rosa mollis f. griseola, Rosa mollis var. nemoralis, Rosa mollis f. satulla, Rosa mollis f. patula, Rosa mollis f. carlscronensis, Rosa mollis f. umbrosa, Rosa mollis f. apylota, Rosa mollis f. brithyacantha, Rosa mollis f. epacropsis, Rosa mollis f. corretusa, Rosa heldreichii, Rosa mollissima var. grandifolia, Rosa mollis f. lygaea, Rosa mollis f. improdiens, Rosa mollis f. papyrifrons, Rosa mollis f. pyriformis, Rosa mollis var. tomentosifolia, Rosa mollis f. notoensis, Rosa mollis f. achalina, Rosa mollis f. axvallensis, Rosa modicella, Rosa mollis f. areschougii, Rosa mollis f. cinereobrunnea, Rosa mollis var. doerfleri, Rosa mollis f. globosa, Rosa mollissima f. typica, Rosa mollis f. eductidens, Rosa huteri, Rosa omissa var. cujavica, Rosa mollis f. proclinata, Rosa mollis var. scheutzii, Rosa mollis f. modicella, Rosa mollis f. vaemoensis, Rosa mollissima f. pyriformis, Rosa mollis f. brunneata, Rosa mollis f. corrotundans, Rosa mollis f. ericii, Rosa zakatalensis, Rosa ruprechtii var. daghestanica, Rosa mollissima f. glabrata, Rosa mollis f. grossella, Rosa mollis f. inaeruginea, Rosa mollis f. macrifolia, Rosa mollis f. pyrulifera, Rosa mollis var. typica, Rosa mollis f. reclinatella, Rosa mollis f. nubilosula, Rosa mollis f. bathyschista, Rosa mollis f. sethii, Rosa mollis f. acleistodonta, Rosa pomifera subsp. mollis, Rosa mollis f. argutella, Rosa villosa subsp. mollis, Rosa mollis f. fricascens, Rosa mollissima f. spinescens, Rosa mollis f. isotoma, Rosa mollis subsp. nigrans, Rosa mollis f. proclinatula, Rosa mollis f. schlyteri, Rosa mollis f. molligothoburgensis, Rosa mollis var. arenaria, Rosa mollissima var. pyrifera, Rosa mollis f. expallescens, Rosa macrifolia, Rosa tomentosa var. mollis, Rosa mollis f. cuneatella, Rosa mollis f. caerulea, Rosa mollis f. egressidens, Rosa mollis f. inalbata, Rosa mollis f. macrophora, Rosa mollis f. nummulifera, Rosa mollis f. latiaculeata, Rosa tomentosa var. kitaibelii, Rosa mollis f. affusa, Rosa mollis f. drimylopsis, Rosa mollis f. argutiformis, Rosa mollis subvar. caerulea, Rosa villosa var. mollis, Rosa mollissima var. scheutzii, Rosa mollis f. deficientipes, Rosa mollis f. froedingii
Western Herbalism Properties
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Botanical Description
Rosa mollis is a deciduous, much-branched shrub of the rose family growing 1-2 m tall, with erect to slightly arching stems armed with rather slender, straight, scarcely curved prickles that are similar in size throughout. Leaves are alternate, pinnate, with 5-7 oval to elliptic leaflets 1.5-4 cm long, with doubly serrate margins and densely soft-pubescent on both surfaces, giving the plant a distinctly grey-green, downy appearance from which the specific epithet derives. Stipules are large and adnate to the petiole, with conspicuous glandular margins. Flowers are usually solitary or in small clusters of 2-3 at the tips of short shoots, 3-5 cm across, with five broad, deep clear pink petals, numerous golden stamens, and persistent feathery sepals. The fruits are subglobose to ovoid red hips 1.5-2 cm long, glandular-bristly, with the persistent erect sepals retained at maturity. Native to scrub, hedgerows, and open woodland margins across northern and western Europe, it flowers in June and July.
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Traditional American Uses
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