Rose Daphne

Daphne cneorum

Daphne cneorum, the rose daphne or garland flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae, native across the mountains of central and southern Europe from the Pyrenees east through the Alps, the Apennine, Carpathian and the Balkan Peninsula mountains, and locally in lowlands further north and east to Ukraine and westernmost Russia. It is a prostrate spreading evergreen shrub growing to 50 cm (20 in) high, with downy stems bearing oblanceolate to spatulate, hairless, evergreen leaves 10–20 mm long and 3–5 mm wide, and highly fragrant pink flowers in dense clusters of 6–8 together in spring. All parts of the plant are poisonous to humans.

Rose

A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. The plants range in size and form, from trailing and erect shrubs to climbers up to 7 metres (23 ft) in height. Sharp prickles appear on the stems of many species. Their flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through pinks, reds, oranges and yellows.

Daphne

Daphne, a figure in Greek mythology, was in various retellings a mortal woman or a nymph, daughter of a river god. The god Apollo fell in love with Daphne and chased her against her wishes, but before he caught her, Daphne prayed for escape, and was transformed into a laurel tree. Thenceforth Apollo developed a special reverence for laurel.

Rose (color)

Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta, whose hue corresponds to an angle of 330 degrees on the HSV/HSL color wheel.

rose

Noun

1. A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
2. A flower of the rose plant.

Verb

1. To make rose-colored; to redden or flush.
2. To perfume, as with roses.

daphne

Noun

1. Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals.