There are few more elegant ways to make an appearance than by tossing a Roselia rose, surrounded in their red petals. (Their blue roses are ignored, both because they are seen as less desirable and because few people are cruel enough to leave a Roselia roseless.) Nor are there any which cost nearly as many lives. Most items harvested from pokemon bodies can be obtained by hunting, because they remain in perfect working order after the pokemon's death. A few, like Mareep wool, grow back and are obtained by keeping a domestic supply. The rose of a Roselia will grow back if detached after a time, but Roselia are not only difficult to tame, but would no more part with their rose than a human their arm and always loathe those who removed their rose; furthermore, it wilts into nothing when the Roselia who grew it dies, and a knocked-out Roselia vanishes into the grass from where it grew.
For a brave few, Roselia roses represent their feats of courage and expertise. The rose must be amputated from a Roselia full of poisonous barbs and fiercely fighting back, and a Roselia's venom is strong enough to kill a man. Few send in their pokemon for the task, for Roselia will gladly kill to protect their roses, and most pokemon lack the expert control necessary to avoid killing or knocking out their target anyway. (However, it was precisely for this pokemon that the False Swipe technique first developed.) Instead, they learn to fight grass pokemon by hand and seize rose after rose, entering as dramatically as they please until they retire or lose their lives.
Those who survive to become skilled in removing these roses soon find they can make a great deal of money selling them for romantic confessions and other special occasions. For most people throwing them around, Roselia roses are not a testament to their skill, but proof of their wealth or sincerity.
