• Alpina Maheca
• Belle Sultane (hybrid alpina)
• Bengale Hollandaise
• Bengale Maheca
• "Claire (boursault, Lawrenson, found)"
• L'Héritier Pourpre
• Maheca (boursault, Noisette, 1815)
• New Hybrid Lilac (syn. Bengale Maheka)
• Purple Boursault
• Reversa Pourpre

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Mauve or mauve blend Boursault.

Bred by Louis Claude Noisette (France, circa 1815).
Discovered by Wendy Lawrenson (United States, 2003).

Found Rose, Boursault, China / Bengale, Hybrid Multiflora, Noisette.  

Purple, crimson shading, white streaks, stripes, flecks, ages to light purple .  Ages to purplish pink.  Medium, double (17-25 petals), in large clusters bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  

Arching, climbing, few or no prickles/thorns, spreading.  

USDA zone 4b and warmer.  Hardy.  

'Michigan' as a synonym is possibly a confusion with the hybrid setigera of that name.