Cinnamon rose
Rosa majalis
Synonyms: Rosa spinosissima, Rosa glauca, Rosa foecundissima, Rosa cinnamomea var. majalis, Rosa marisstrandica, Rosa cinnamomea var. fluvialis, Rosa cinnamomea f. serrulata, Rosa cinnamomea var. lancifolia, Rosa cinnamomea var. semiplena, Rosa majalis var. petropolitana, Rosa cinnamomea f. puberula, Rosa cinnamomea var. latifolia, Rosa cinnamomea f. foecundissima, Rosa cinnamomea var. acutifolia, Rosa americana, Rosa collincola, Rosa cinnamomea var. plena, Rosa cinnamomea var. ivanida, Rosa cinnamomea var. plenissima, Rosa cinnamomea var. vulgaris, Rosa fraxinifolia var. variegata, Rosa cinnamomea f. typica, Rosa cinnamomea var. cinerea, Rosa cinnamomea var. petropolitana, Rosa turbinella, Rosa cinnamomea f. aprica, Rosa cinnamomea var. glauca, Rosa olgae, Rosa cinnamomea genuina, Rosa cinnamomea multiplex, Rosa cinnamomea var. typica, Rosa cinnamomea var. fluviatilis, Rosa cinnamomea var. cinnamomeifolia, Rosa cinnamomea var. oblonga, Rosa cinnamomea f. turbinella, Rosa fraxinifolia, Rosa fischeri, Rosa collincola plena, Rosa majalis var. canescens, Rosa cinnamomea var. alvarensis, Rosa cinnamomea subalpina, Rosa cinnamomea var. microcarpa, Rosa cinnamomea var. soongarica, Rosa cinnamomea f. fulgens, Rosa cinnamomea simplex, Rosa cinnamomea var. lindleyi, Rosa cinnamomea var. foecundissima, Rosa cinnamomea var. korolkowii, Rosa cinnamomea f. serrata, Rosa cinnamomea f. lancifolia, Rosa cinnamomea var. foliolis, Rosa cinnamomea f. elliptica, Rosa cinnamomea f. plena, Rosa majalis var. cinerea, Rosa cinnamomea f. umbratica, Rosa pavlovii, Rosa cinnamomea var. intermedia, Rosa balloniana, Rosa cinnamomea f. cinerea, Rosa cinnamomea var. multiplex, Rosa cinnamomea var. turbinella, Rosa cinnamomea f. glabra, Rosa cinnamomea f. subglobosa, Rosa cinnamomea var. collincola, Rosa majalis var. foecundissima, Rosa cinnamomea var. americana, Rosa fischeriana, Rosa gorenkensis, Rosa cinnamomea var. marisstrandica, Rosa cinnamomea f. stipularis, Rosa cinnamomea var. fulgens, Rosa cinnamomea var. smithiana, Rosa cinnamomea f. microphylla, Rosa cinnamomea var. sewerzowii, Rosa fulgens, Rosa rubrifolia var. glauca
Western Herbalism Properties
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Botanical Description
Rosa majalis, the cinnamon rose or May rose, is a deciduous suckering shrub in the Rosaceae family native to the forests and forest margins of northern and central Europe and across Siberia. It typically grows to about 2 metres tall, forming thickets of slender, erect to arching stems clothed in straight, paired prickles and bearing pinnately compound leaves with five to seven dull green, finely toothed leaflets. In late spring and early summer, well before most wild roses bloom, it produces solitary or few-flowered clusters of fragrant, single, deep pink to magenta flowers about 3 to 5 centimetres across with five petals and a boss of yellow stamens. These are followed by globose to ovoid orange-red hips that ripen in late summer, retaining the persistent erect sepals at their tips. The species thrives in moist to wet habitats and has been cultivated in European gardens since the sixteenth century.
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Traditional American Uses
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Important Disclaimer
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