• Double Eglantine
• Eglantine Sweetbriar (syn. Double Eglantine)
• Petit de Hesse
• Petite Hessoise
• Rosa rubiginosa à fleurs doubles
• Rosa rubiginosa à petites fleurs semi-doubles rose

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Bred by Unknown English Breeder(s) (United Kingdom, before 1597).

Hybrid Rubiginosa.  

Pink, purple shading.  Moderate fragrance.  10 to 15 petals.  Small, semi-double (9-16 petals) bloom form.  Prolific, once-blooming spring or summer.  

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See also 'Williams's Sweetbriar' for a fully double "Eglantine"
The semi-double form was called "double" in the 17th century.