Rose (heraldry)

The heraldic rose has a stylized form consisting of five symmetrical lobes, five barbs, and a circular seed.

The rose is one of the most common plant symbols in heraldry, together with the lily, which also has a stylistic representation in the fleur-de-lis.

Roses also feature prominently in the arms of the princely House of Lippe and on the seal of Martin Luther.

Catherine of Aragon's famous badge was a pomegranate conjoined with the double rose of her husband, Henry VIII.

The double Tudor rose is always depicted as white on red on a field of any other tincture and is always termed 'proper'.

In the English and Canadian systems of cadency, a small rose is the difference mark of a seventh son.

Roses appear in the coat of arms of Finland and are part of the insignia of officers (up to colonel) in the Finnish Army.