Family: Rosaceae
Author: L.
Bibliography: Sp. pl. 1:492. 1753
Year: 1753
Status: accepted
Rank: species
Genus: Rosa
Vegetable: False
Observations: Medit. to EC. & E. Europe and Caucasus
Description
The Hungarian rose, scientifically known as Rosa gallica, is a storied and charming member of the Rosaceae family. With origins deeply rooted in regions spanning the Mediterranean to Eastern and Central Europe, extending further into Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, this species has captivated botanists and garden enthusiasts alike for centuries.
Described in the seminal work “Species Plantarum” by the renowned botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1753, Rosa gallica holds a distinguished place within botanical literature. The plant’s historical and geographical significance is as rich and vibrant as its blossoms, making it a revered subject of study and admiration.
Rosa gallica is particularly noted for its robust and resilient nature, allowing it to thrive across diverse climates and terrains. This adaptability has helped it become a prevalent ornamental choice in gardens and landscapes, where its lush, fragrant flowers offer a touch of classic beauty.
The Hungarian rose’s blooms are often characterized by their striking deep pink to crimson hues, an allure that has made them coveted for centuries in perfumery and medicine. The petals are not only visually enchanting but also emit a delicate fragrance that serves as a quintessential trait of the species.
Overall, the Hungarian rose exemplifies a harmonious blend of durability and delicacy, making it a cherished symbol of natural elegance across the regions it inhabits. Whether appreciated for its botanical heritage or its aesthetic appeal, Rosa gallica continues to enchant and inspire those who encounter it.
Common Names
Eng: apothecary rose, french rose, hungarian rose, officinal rose, red rose, red-rose-of-lancaster, cabbage rose, provence rose, red rose (of lancaster), red rose of lancaster
Deu: essig-rose
Fra: rosier de france, rosier de provence, rosier de provins, rose de france
Swe: provinsros
Por: roseira-da-provença, roseira-das-boticas, roseira-francesa, roseira-rubra
Pol: róza francuska
Nob: provinsrose, fransk rose
Nno: provinsrose
Nld: franse roos
Cym: rhosyn coch caerhirfryn
En: Hungarian rose, Apothecary rose, Officinal rose, Red rose, French rose, Red-rose-of-Lancaster, Provence rose, Red Rose (of Lancaster), Red Rose of Lancaster, Cabbage rose, Red Provins Rose
Ar: ورد فرنسي
Az: Fransa qızılgülü
Bg: Галска роза
Ca: Rosa castellana, Rosa de la Mare de Déu, Rosa vera
Zh: 法国蔷薇
Hr: Galska ruža
Cs: Růže galská, Růže nízká
Da: Fransk Rose
Nl: Franse roos
Eo: Gaŭla rozo
Et: Äädika-kibuvits
Fi: Gallianruusu
Fr: Rosier de France, Rosier de provins, Rosier de Provence, Rose de France
De: Essig-Rose
Hu: Parlagi rózsa
It: Rosa serpeggiante
Lt: Prancūzinis erškėtis
Ml: റോസ ഗാലിക
Nb: Provinsrose, Fransk rose
Nn: Provinsrose
Fa: رز گالیکا
Pl: Róża, Róża francuska, Róza francuska
Pt: Roseira-da-provença, Roseira-das-boticas, Roseira-francesa, Roseira-rubra
Ru: Шиповник французский
Sk: Ruža galská
Es: Rosa de Provenza, Rosa francesa
Sv: Provinsros
Tr: Kırmızı frenk gülü
Uk: Шипшина французька
Cy: Rhosyn coch Caerhirfryn
Synonyms
- Rosa sylvatica (Gaterau)
- Rosa assimilis (Déségl.)
- Rosa tenuis (Becker)
- Rosa austriaca var. haplodonta ((Borbás) J.B.Keller)
- Rosa gallica var. reinechei (M.Schulze)
- Rosa gallica subvar. tridentina (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica maheka (Thory)
- Rosa gallica subvar. pseudolivescens (Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa gallica var. salivici (E.Schenk)
- Rosa gallica var. hispida ((Münchh.) Ser.)
- Rosa gallica var. atropurpurea ((Boullu) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa gallica var. czackiana ((Besser) Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa gallica subsp. leiostyla ((Gelmi) Soó)
- Rosa belgica (Brot.)
- Rosa atropurpurea ((Boullu) Boullu)
- Rosa austriaca pygmaea (Wallr.)
- Rosa gallica var. baldensis (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica var. stenotricha (Borbás)
- Rosa gallica f. latisepala (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica f. officinalis ((Andrews) R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica var. floremarmoreo (Andrews)
- Rosa gallica f. micropetala (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica var. calida ((Borbás) Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa provincialis blanda (Andrews)
- Rosa austriaca var. flaccida (J.B.Keller)
- Rosa austriaca var. officinalis ((Andrews) P.V.Heath)
- Rosa gallica f. virescens ((Déségl.) R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica var. mahesca (Thory)
- Rosa gallica f. anacantha (J.B.Keller)
- Rosa austriaca var. leiophylla (Borbás)
- Rosa gallica var. trichophylla (R.Keller)
- Rosa pumila var. pollinii (Pollini)
- Rosa gallica f. magnifica (Borbás)
- Rosa gallica var. sabedensis (Prodán)
- Rosa pumila var. hispida ((Münchh.) A.Rau)
- Rosa gallica var. haplodonta ((Borbás) Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa gallica var. leiostyla (Gelmi)
- Rosa gallica f. assimilis ((Déségl.) R.Keller)
- Rosa austriaca var. subglandulosa (Borbás)
- Rosa pumila (Jacq.)
- Rosa gallica f. baldensis (R.Keller)
- Rosa austriaca var. calida (Borbás)
- Rosa ruralis (Déségl.)
- Rosa provincialis regalis (Andrews)
- Rosa gallica f. srebrenicensis (R.Keller)
- Rosa velutiniflora (Déségl. & Ozanon)
- Rosa gallica var. subtomentella ((Borbás) R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica f. napocensis (Prodán)
- Rosa gallica f. lagenoides (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica var. pontii (Thory)
- Rosa gallica f. flaccida ((J.B.Keller) R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica f. marmorea (Thory)
- Rosa gallica burboniana (Thory)
- Rosa austriaca var. fruticans (Borbás)
- Rosa gallica var. virescens ((Déségl.) Degen)
- Rosa gallica var. copacensis (Prodán)
- Rosa austriaca magnifica ((Borbás) J.B.Keller)
- Rosa cordifolia f. robustifolia (Prodán)
- Rosa gallica var. remensis-violacea (Ser.)
- Rosa gallica var. versicolor (L.)
- Rosa gallica var. holosericea (Ser.)
- Rosa gallica f. typica (Christ)
- Rosa czackiana (Besser)
- Rosa gallica f. puberula (R.Keller)
- Rosa pumila f. delanata (Borbás)
- Rosa austriaca (Crantz)
- Rosa gallica f. globulosa (Buia)
- Rosa gallica var. liostyla ((Gelmi) R.Keller)
- Rosa tauriae (Chrshan.)
- Rosa gallica var. mutabilis (Dum.Cours.)
- Rosa pumila var. tricolor ((Andrews) P.V.Heath)
- Rosa pinnatifida (Andrews)
- Rosa provincialis parviflora (Andrews)
- Rosa gallica var. rubiformis ((Junger) Ker.-Nagy)
- Rosa austriaca f. calida ((Borbás) Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa gallica f. subcrenata (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica var. leiophylla ((Borbás) R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica var. regina (Sagorski)
- Rosa gallica var. ranunculus (Thory)
- Rosa gallica var. inaperta (Ser.)
- Rosa gallica f. muelleri (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica f. acuta (R.Keller)
- Rosa austriaca f. haplodonta (Borbás)
- Rosa gallica var. arvina ((Krock.) Lindl.)
- Rosa gallica var. vittata (Koehne)
- Rosa gallica var. remensis (Wallr.)
- Rosa austriaca var. magnifica ((Borbás) Borbás)
- Rosa gallica var. officinalis ((Andrews) Thory)
- Rosa provincialis var. centifolia ((L.) Borkh.)
- Rosa gallica f. hispida ((Münchh.) S.Ya.Sokolov)
- Rosa gallica f. schroeteri (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica f. liophylla ((Borbás) R.Keller)
- Rosa pumila var. officinalis ((Andrews) P.V.Heath)
- Rosa gallica f. atropurpurea ((Boullu) R.Keller)
- Rosa provincialis variegata (Andrews)
- Rosa gallica subvar. pumila ((Jacq. ex Poir.) R.Keller & Gams)
- Rosa rubra (Lam.)
- Rosa provincialis nana (Andrews)
- Rosa heteracantha (Chrshan.)
- Rosa gallica f. stenotricha ((Borbás) R.Keller)
- Rosa austriaca var. cordifolia ((Host) Borbás)
- Rosa gallica var. oligacantha ((Borbás) Degen)
- Rosa gallica var. pumila ((Scop.) Thory)
- Rosa gallica f. mirabilis ((Déségl.) R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica var. imitans (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica var. armatissima (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica subsp. gallicosempervirens ((Christ) Arcang.)
- Rosa gallica var. typica (Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa gallica f. pilifolia (R.Keller)
- Rosa mirogojana (Vuk. & Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa velutiniflora f. dearmata (Borbás)
- Rosa holosericea (Du Roi)
- Rosa gallica f. grandicalyx (Kupcsok ex R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica var. macrantha (Rehder)
- Rosa austriaca var. pumila (Poir.)
- Rosa gallica f. elata (Christ)
- Rosa gallica f. austriaca ((Crantz) Borbás)
- Rosa pumila var. holosericea ((Du Roi) P.V.Heath)
- Rosa austriaca var. atropurpurea (Boullu)
- Rosa cordifolia f. parvifolia (Prodán)
- Rosa gallica var. velutiniflora ((Déségl. & Ozanon) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa gallica f. pseudolivescens ((Heinr.Braun) Vukić.)
- Rosa officinalis ((Andrews) Kirschl.)
- Rosa gallica f. nervipilosa (Buia)
- Rosa gallica subsp. pumila (Nyman)
- Rosa gallica var. subglandulosa ((Borbás) Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa minimalis (Chrshan.)
- Rosa gallica var. pantui (Prodán)
- Rosa gallica f. muscipula ((Boullu) R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica f. fejerdensis (Nyár.)
- Rosa gallica f. clavata (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica agatha (Thory)
- Rosa provincialis multiplex (Andrews)
- Rosa gallica var. genuina (Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa cordifolia var. robinifolia (Vuk.)
- Rosa rubra lucida (Rössig)
- Rosa austriaca f. pannonica (Wiesb.)
- Rosa gallica f. perparva (J.B.Keller)
- Rosa gallica var. rosamundi (Weston)
- Rosa gallica var. hybrida (Ser.)
- Rosa gallica var. pulchella (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica var. grahovicensis (R.Keller)
- Rosa × schleicheri var. rhodanii ((Chabert) Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa arvina (Krock.)
- Rosa gallica f. delanata ((Borbás) Borbás)
- Rosa gallica subsp. austriaca ((Crantz) Nyman)
- Rosa pumila var. subnigra ((Andrews) P.V.Heath)
- Rosa rubiginosa var. imitans (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica f. rubiformis (Junger)
- Rosa pumila var. rosamundi ((Weston) P.V.Heath)
- Rosa austriaca var. dearmata ((Borbás) Borbás)
- Rosa gallica f. pumila ((Poir.) Vukić.)
- Rosa pygmaea (Krock.)
- Rosa virescens (Déségl.)
- Rosa gallica var. pannonica ((Wiesb.) Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa gallica var. multiplex (Ser.)
- Rosa × centifolia var. provincialis (Bean)
- Rosa gallica var. eriostyla (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica vulgaris (Griess.)
- Rosa gallica f. adenophora (R.Keller)
- Rosa crenatula (Chrshan.)
- Rosa provincialis hybrida (Andrews)
- Rosa portlandica (Rössig)
- Rosa gallica var. tomentosa (Prodán)
- Rosa gallica f. ruralis ((Déségl.) R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica f. haplodonta ((Borbás) R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica var. variegata (Andrews)
- Rosa gallica var. magnifica ((Borbás) Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa racemosa (Andrews)
- Rosa gallica var. cordifolia ((Host) Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa gallica axmannii (Döll)
- Rosa gallica var. irregularis (Degen ex Ker.-Nagy)
- Rosa cordifolia (Host)
- Rosa gallica f. versicolor ((L.) Rehder)
- Rosa gallica f. semihaplodonta (Prodán)
- Rosa austriaca var. delanata ((Borbás) Borbás)
- Rosa × centifolia var. tricolor (Andrews)
- Rosa gallica f. subtomentella (Borbás)
- Rosa gallica var. inermis (Ser.)
- Rosa gallica var. myriodonta (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica var. flaccida ((J.B.Keller) Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa gallica var. marmorea (Ser.)
- Rosa gallica f. bestepensis (Prodán)
- Rosa provincialis var. florepleno (Andrews)
- Rosa gallica var. conditorum (Dieck)
- Rosa gallica var. tomentella (Regel)
- Rosa elata (Christ)
- Rosa provincialis alba (Andrews)
- Rosa gallica f. umbricola (Borbás ex Buia)
- Rosa gallica var. plena (Regel)
- Rosa gallica var. ruralis ((Déségl.) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Rosa mundii (Andrews)
- Rosa gallica f. cordata ((Cariot) R.Keller)
- Rosa umbrosa (H.Waldner)
- Rosa gallica var. austriaca ((Crantz) Heinr.Braun)
- Rosa austriaca f. pumila ((Poir.) J.B.Keller)
- Rosa gallica subvar. elata ((Christ) R.Keller)
- Rosa cordata (Cariot)
- Rosa × centifolia var. subnigra (Andrews)
- Rosa olympica (Donn)
- Rosa gallica officinalis (Andrews)
- Rosa gallica var. fiorii (R.Keller)
- Rosa rhodanii (Chabert)
- Rosa flectidenta (Gand.)
- Rosa gallica f. columnifera (R.Keller)
- Rosa gallica var. agatha ((Thory) Loisel.)
- Rosa austriaca var. elata ((Christ) Borbás)
- Rosa provincialis bullata (Andrews)
Distribution
- Albania (native)
- Austria (native)
- Bulgaria (native)
- Czechoslovakia (native)
- East European Russia (native)
- France (native)
- Germany (native)
- Greece (native)
- Hungary (native)
- Iraq (native)
- Italy (native)
- Krym (native)
- North Caucasus (native)
- Poland (native)
- Romania (native)
- Sicilia (native)
- South European Russi (native)
- Switzerland (native)
- Transcaucasus (native)
- Turkey (native)
- Turkey-in-Europe (native)
- Yugoslavia (native)
- Baleares (introduced)
- Belarus (introduced)
- Connecticut (introduced)
- Great Britain (introduced)
- Illinois (introduced)
- Indiana (introduced)
- Kentucky (introduced)
- Libya (introduced)
- Louisiana (introduced)
- Maine (introduced)
- Maryland (introduced)
- Masachusettes (introduced)
- Michigan (introduced)
- Mississippi (introduced)
- Missouri (introduced)
- Netherlands (introduced)
- New Hampshire (introduced)
- New Jersey (introduced)
- New York (introduced)
- New Zealand North (introduced)
- New Zealand South (introduced)
- North Carolina (introduced)
- Nova Scotia (introduced)
- Ohio (introduced)
- Ontario (introduced)
- Pennsylvania (introduced)
- Portugal (introduced)
- Québec (introduced)
- Rhode I. (introduced)
- South Australia (introduced)
- South Carolina (introduced)
- Spain (introduced)
- Tadzhikistan (introduced)
- Tennessee (introduced)
- Texas (introduced)
- Tunisia (introduced)
- Vermont (introduced)
- Virginia (introduced)
- Wisconsin (introduced)
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Flower
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Leaf
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Habit
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Bark
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Fruit
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Other
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Sources
- WFO (No URL)
- IPNI (No URL)
- GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/species/3002530)
- POWO (http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:732569-1)
- PlantNet (https://identify.plantnet.org/species/the-plant-list/Rosa gallica L.)
Specifications
Growth habit: Subshrub
Growth
Ph maximum: 7.5
Ph minimum: 7.0
Light: 7
Atmospheric humidity: 4
Soil nutriments: 4
