Book  (May 1998)  Page(s) 252.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa l'Heritieranea [Thory hybr. n.] 'L'Heritier's Rose,
Profusely blooming shrub capable of reaching great height when supported; adult branches glabrous; prickles sparse, fairly stout, recurved, absent on inflorescences. Leaflets 5 or 7, large, acute, rounded at the base, glabrous on both surfaces, uniformly serrate, upperside glossy; petioles glabrous; stipules broad, decurrent, denticulate, with a sessile reddish gland on each tooth. Flowers clustered on the ends of the laterals; pedicels glandular hispid; bracts acute ovate, a little glandular at the tip; sepals acute, downy within, glandular outside; petals 4-5-seriate, incurved over the stamens almost as in the 'Anemone Centifolia' or 'Anemone Sweetbriar', pink tinged violet, whitening towards the base and for the most part traversed inside by a more or less regular whitish line; stamens numerous, unequal ; styles short, distinct. Heps ovoid, red. This fine rose is obviously a hybrid of R. alpina and R. indica, having been raised from seeds of the latter by Vilmorin about twelve years ago. The beauty of its, blooms combined with the elegant habit have made it fairly common in amateur collections. We do not know if it comes true from seed. Up to the present we have only seen it grafted on R. rubrifolia, which seems to suit it well. It is well suited for covering arbours and tunnels. We have named it after L'Heritier (I746-I800), to whom Redoute dedicates this modest monument in tribute to his patronage and tuition at the start of his career.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 83.  
 
A Boursault rose. A hybrid between Rosa chinensis and probably Rosa blanda, or perhaps Rosa pendulina which is often quoted but less likely.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 83.  Includes photo(s).
 
Photographed at the Roseraie de 'Haÿ

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 157.  
 
location 57, 90, 146/1,2,3; R. x lheritieranea Thory (R. chinensis X ? ) (R. boursaultiana Desp.; R. reclinata THory), BOURSAULT-ROSE, CINNAMOMEAE, before 1820, red, center white, double, medium-large, cluster-flowered, floriferous, late-blooming, climbing, upright-arching, prostrate, 3-4 m, few prickles, dark green medium-large matte foliage, 5-7 leaflets, orange-coloured medium size smooth globular glossy urn-shaped fruit, upright persistent sepals, few hips

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 56.  Includes photo(s).

Website/Catalog  (1986)  Page(s) 55.  
 
Rose l’heritierana.  Upright growing canes with bluey grey serrated foliage, loosely double flowers of pinkish red to off white.  Pre 1820.  W. P. Shade tolerant. (S) 10 x 8’. 

Book  (1984)  Page(s) 101.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa x lheritieranea /Rosa x lheritieranea Thory/syn: Rosa boursaultiana Desp./ Rosa reclinata Thory /nom commun: rosier de Boursault, ou rosier Boursault. Section des Cinnamomeae. Rosa chinensis x ?. Obtenu avant 1820. A l’origine ce rosier a été tenu pour un hybride de Rosa chinensis par Rosa pendulina. L’étude des chromosomes permet de dire que Rosa pendulina n’est pas un des géniteurs. Quel est cet autre géniteur? On l’ignore… peu d’aiguillons et même parfois inermes. Vertes à l’ombre, les tiges rougissent aux expositions ensoleillées, à l’occasion sur un seul côté et les aiguillons, toujours mous, restent verts. Les fleurs, plus ou moins doubles, en forme de coupe aplatie, rouge vif avec le centre blanc, s’épanouissent en juin, tout le long des pousses de l’année précédente… Les fruits sont ronds et lisses.

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 274.  
 
R. x lheritieranea Thory. (= R. chinensis x ?). Climbing up to 4 m./13.2 ft. high, stems with few prickles or unarmed, reddish on side exposed to the sun, otherwise green, prickles weak, yellowish; leaflets 3-7, ovate-oblong, simply serrate, bald; flowers many in corymbs along the branches, more or less double, flat saucer-shaped, red with white center, without scent, June; fruits globose, smooth. 2n = 14 (and 21?). (= R. reclinata Thory; R. boursaultiana Desp.). Originated before 1820. As G.S. Thomas suggests, chromosome research is making the usual opinion, that the Boursault roses derived from hybrids between R. chinensis with R. pendulina indefensible.

Book  (1954)  Page(s) 165.  
 
A rose deserving of special attention in the Pendulina classification is Rosa L'heritieranea Thory, the Boursault Roses, itself the forebear of a distinctive group within a group. The result of probably the first union of R. chinensis with a European rose, it was known for several years as R. Boursaultii, or popularly as the Boursault Rose. The exact date of origin is somewhat in doubt, but evidence points to the account that about 1810, Cugnot, a French nurseryman, produced a rose whose characters denoted that it was a hybrid of R. pendulina and R. chinensis. The original plant was sent to the garden of Henri Boursault. Here it was observed by Thory, who published the name R. Lheritierana, in Redouté’s Roses, but later in the same work referred to it as R. reclinata.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 24.  
 
Boursault Rose See R. L'heritierana.