Roses (suit)

Roses
Native name	German: Rosen
Deck	Swiss-suited playing cards
Invented	15th century

Roses or Flowers is one of the four playing card suits in a deck of Swiss-suited playing cards. This suit was invented in 15th century German speaking Switzerland and is a survivor from a large pool of experimental suit signs created to replace the Latin suits. It is equivalent to the Hearts suit in German and French decks.^{[1][verification needed]} It is equivalent to the German Leaves (suit),^[2][3][4] as both the roses and leaves suits have a central stem on their pip patterns so that they can make a pair with the Swiss-German Acorns (suit). It may have derived from the floral patterns on the North-Italian Coins (suit).^[4]