Rosa foetida

Taxobox | name = "Rosa foetida"

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image_caption = illustration of "Rosa foetida"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
genus = "Rosa"
species = "R. foetida"
binomial = "Rosa foetida"
binomial_authority = Herrm.
synonyms = Austrian Copper
Capucine
Capucine Briar
Copper
Corn Poppy Rose
"Rosa cerea" Rössig "ex" Redouté
"Rosa eglanteria" Redouté & Thory
"Rosa harisonii"
"Rosa lutea" Mill.
"Rosa sulphurea"
Rose Comtesse
Rosier Eglantier var. couleur ponceau
Vermilion Rose of Austria
The Yellow Rose of Texas

"Rosa foetida" is a species of rose, native to the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia. It has yellow flowers with a mild, sour scent many find objectionable, thus the species name. Though grown widely outside its range (for example, in Britain and America), it is particularly susceptible to black spot.

An important rose, inasmuch as it is the source of yellow in modern-day hybrids, most famously 'Soleil d'Or' ("R. foetida" x 'Antoine Ducher'; 1900), was bred by Joseph Pernet-Ducher. One variety, "Rosa foetida" var. " 'bicolor' ", the Austrian Copper rose, has flowers with petals that are red or orange on the upper interior surface but yellow on the lower exterior surface.

ee also

*Rosa 'Harison's Yellow', a cultivar of "Rosa foetida"

Links

[http://www.rose-roses.com/rosepages/species/RosaFoetidaBicolor.html Info on "R. foetida" var. " 'bicolor' "]
[http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pl.php?n=5315&tab=10 Photos of "R. foetida" var. " 'bicolor' "]