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• Communis
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• Rosa centifolia f. muscosa (Ait.) C.K.Schneid.
• R. centifolia muscosa
• Rosa muscosa Ait.
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• Rosa X centifolia 'Muscosa'
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• Rosier mousseux à fleurs doubles

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Medium pink Moss.
Registration name: Centifolia Muscosa
Exhibition name: Communis

Discovered by Unknown (circa 1696).
Introduced in Australia by George J. Smith, Royal Exotic Nursery in 1862 as 'Common Moss'.

Centifolia, Moss.  

Pink.  Strong fragrance.  up to 50 petals.  Average diameter 3.25".  Medium to large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  Mossed buds.  

Bushy, well-branched.  Large, matte, light green foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  
Height of 4' to 6' (120 to 185 cm).  Width of 4' to 5' (120 to 150 cm).

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  

Tetraploid

'Old Moss' known at Carcasonne in France around 1696 - see References (doubtful). First mention in 1699.