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• Persian Musk Rose
• Pissardii
• Rosa godefroyae Carr.
• Rosa moschata var. nastarana - in commerce as

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White, near white or white blend Noisette.
Registration name: Nastarana
Exhibition name: Nastarana

Discovered by Ernest François Pissard (aka Pissart) (France, 1879).
Introduced in United Kingdom by Paul and Son / George Paul in circa 1880 as 'Pissardii'.
Introduced in France by Alexandre (Honoré) Godefroy-Lebeuf in before 1886 as 'Pissardii'.

Hybrid Musk, Noisette.  

White, pink shading.  Small, semi-double (9-16 petals), cluster-flowered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Bushy, upright, well-branched.  

Height: 15' to 18' (455 to 550cm).  

USDA zone 5b and warmer.  

Diploid

Parentage uncertain, see References for more information.
Rosa godefroyae Carrière. Rev. Hort., [sér.6], 1886: 261.
Found in Iran by Pissart (1879), decribed and named R. godefroyae by Carriere, France (1886), distributed by the English nursery Paul & Son as 'Pissardii' and now in commerce as 'Nastarana'. Not identical to R. moschata var. nastarana Christ. 'Nastarana' in commerce is cluster-flowered while R. moschata var. Christ = R. pissarti Carr. has solitary flowers emitting directly from the cane and arranged in a spiral form - see Photos. Most later literature describes the plant introduced by Paul erroneously as R. moschata var. nastarana Christ .