Rosa x centifolia

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Provence rose, Cabbage rose

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Rosa x centifolia

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Rosa x centifolia

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Rosa x centifolia

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Flowers, Fruit

The pink flowers are used to flavor tea and fruit pies. The fruit (rose hips) are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It suits USDA hardiness zones 4-9.

Andorra, Europe, France, North America, USA,

Countries: Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Barbados, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Grenada, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, Ukraine, United States, St Vincent

How to Identify

A shrub. The leaves are divided with 5-7 leaflets. The flowers are pink. The fruit is a rose hip.

References (2)

Ferns, K., Plants for a Future.
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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