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Price Guide Classification Kingdom Plantae Subkingdom Superdivision Division Magnoliophyta Subdivision Class Magnoliopsida Subclass Order Rosales Family Rosaceae Genus Rosa Species R. foetida

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.

Specifications

• regnum = Plantae
• divisio =
• classis =
• ordo = Rosales
• familia = Rosaceae
• genus = Rosa
• species = R. foetida
• binomial = Rosa foetida
• binomial_authority = Herrm.

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.

See also

• Rosa 'Harison's Yellow', a cultivar of Rosa foetida

Links

Info on R. foetida var. 'bicolor'
Photos of R. foetida var. 'bicolor'