Commercially available

• Die Frankfurter Rose
• Francofurtana
• Kreiselrose
• Purple Rose
• Rosa francofurtana Borkh.
• Rosa x campanulata Ehrh.
• Rosa x francofurtana C. C. Gmel.
• Rosa x francofurtensis Desf. ex Bosc
• Rosa x turbinata Aiton
• Rose à gros cul
• Rose without prickles
• Rosier de Francfort
• Tapetenrose

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Bred by Unknown (before 1576).

Species Cross, Turbinata.  

Deep pink.  Mild fragrance.  Average diameter 2.5".  Medium to large, semi-double (9-16 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat, open bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  Large buds.  

Few or no prickles/thorns, spreading, suckers on its own roots, upright, well-branched.  Glossy, dark green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 47" to 4'11" (120 to 150cm).  

Produces decorative hips.  

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Rosa x francofurtana Münch. (1770)
Rosa francofurtana Borkh. (1790)

The descriptions are conflicting - see References.
Early references differentiate the Frakford Rose from the less double Rosa sine spinis. - to be clarified

[Possibly a variant of Rosa francofurtana]