'Involuta' Rose

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'Involuta' rose Description

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'<i>Rosa</i> x <i>involuta</i> Smith' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Cass

Synonyms:

• Rosa involuta Smith
• Rosa nivalis Donn syn.
• Rosa sabini Woods synonym
• Rosa x doniana Woods synonym
• Rosa x gracilis Woods synonym
• Rosa x involuta Smith
• Rosier à fleurs en coupe

HMF Ratings:

4 favorite votes.

ARS:

Misc. Old Garden Rose.
Exhibition name: Involuta

Origin:

Discovered by Mr. J. Mackay (Scotland, before 1809).

Class:

Species / Wild, Species Cross.

Bloom:

White to rose-pink. Moderate, linseed oil fragrance. Single (4-8 petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer.

Habit:

Armed with thorns / prickles, bristly , rounded, suckers on its own roots. 7 to 9 leaflets.

Height: 20" to 39" (50 to 100cm).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Rosa spinosissima L. × Rosa sherardii Davies

Notes:

Rosa x involuta Sm. is a naturally occurring hybrid of Rosa spinosissima and Rosa sherardii. For many years it was thought to be Linnean species, but cytological evidence establishes that it was instead a hybrid of two species. Earlier references describe is as a hybrid of R. spinosissima x tomentosa.

A number of "varietes" of Rosa x involuta were named by Baker in the late 1800's, including var. gracilenscens (In Ireland), var. doniana, var. Mooorei, var. laevigata, var. occidentalis, var. Robertsoni, and var. wilsonii in Wales (see R. x involuta var. wilsonii in HMF). These distinctions may not survive modern scrutiny.

Rosa nivalis Donn (1815)