Rosa gallica ‘Versicolor’ ( Rosa Mundi)

Rosa gallica ‘Versicolor’ ( Rosa Mundi)

(a.k.a. “Rosa Mundi”)
Known in Europe since the XVI° century.
It was painted by Botticelli in his “Madonna del Roseto” ( 1469 ca.) and can be seen in the florilegia “Hortus Eystettensis” (1613)  under the name “ R. praenestina variegata”.

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