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• Memorial Rose (species)
• Rosa luciae var. wichuraiana Koidz.
• R. luciae wichuraiana
• Rosa wichuraiana Crép. synonym
• R. wichurana
• Rosa wichurana Crépin

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White, near white or white blend Species.
Exhibition name: R. wichurana

Introduced in Australia by Arthur Yates & Co. Ltd. in 1899 as 'R. wichuraiana'.

Species / Wild.  

White, pink undertones.  5 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Small, single (4-8 petals) bloom form.  

Lax, spreading.  Glossy foliage.  5 to 9 leaflets.  

Height: 6' (185cm).  Width: 20' (610cm).

USDA zone 5b and warmer.  

Diploid

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Name confusion in this species is the result of (1) Crépin's change of heart in the way he divided up the species Rosa luciae; and (2) disagreements about how to properly form the a name of a rose species to honor Max Wichura: wichuraiana, wichurana, or wichurae.

Let the specialists in botanical Latin figure it out.

R. luciae var. wichuraiana (Crép.) Koidz. (1913), a variety of R. luciae Franch. & Rochebr. (1871) (see). At least two varieties of R. luciae / R. wichurana / R. wichuraiana exist in commerce.
Hips are oval and red.