Rosa gallica L.
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Rosa gallica

Family: ROSACEAE
Genus: Rosa
Species: gallica L.
Common names: Apothecary's Rose
Pharmacopoeia Londinensis name: Rosa rubrae
Distribution summary: S & C Europe, W. Asia
Habit: Shrub
Hardiness: H5 - Hardy; cold winter
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Europe & Middle East (J), Pharmacopoeia Londinensis 1618 'Flowers' (HSE 1)
Flowering months: June, July
Reason for growing: Medicinal
Podcast: Link

Additional Notes

Culpeper (1653): “Red roses cool, bind, strengthen both vital and animal virtue, restores such as are in consumptions, strengthen. "

Culpeper, Nicholas. (1653). The London Dispensatory.

Rosa gallica L. Rosaceae Distribution: S & C Europe, Western Asia. Culpeper: “Red roses cool, bind, strengthen both vital and animal virtue, restores such as are in consumptions, strengthen. Notes: Rose water and distilled oil of roses have been used in herbal medicine for over a thousand years, and are still used in aromatherapy.

Oakeley, Dr. Henry F. (2013). Wellcome Library notes. Link

Rose water and distilled oil of roses have been used in herbal medicine for over a thousand years, and are still used in aromatherapy. The Red Rose of Lancaster and the White Rose of York can be seen in the Coade stone carvings on the wall in the College garden.

Oakeley, Dr. H. F. . (2013). The Gardens of the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis. Link

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