Article (magazine)  (Dec 2015)  Page(s) 20.  
 
’Papula’ This rose has taken its name from Papula Manor, which was close to the old town of Viipuri (Vyborg), now in Russian Karelia. It is recorded that this rose was brought to Papula from Northern Germany in the early 1860’s. It was previously known as ’Staffa’. It may originally have been an unnamed seedling. ’Papula’ has been found from several manor estates and old homesteads in Central and Southern Finland. It forms a rounded, densegrowing bush or thicket with small leaflets, to 1-1,5 metres. The cupshaped, light pink flowers are fragrant, fading to almost white and displaying the golden stamens well. The hips are a dark wine-red. Very similar roses, typically called ’Double Blush’, are found in all the Nordic countries and elsewhere in Europe. The best known is probably the Norwegian ’Husmoderrose’.

Article (website)  (2005)  Page(s) 3.  Includes photo(s).
 
"Papula" (R. pimpinellifolia)