Book  (1826)  Page(s) tab. 73.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa semperflorens minor.
Small ever-blowing Rose.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. ROSA germinibus subrotundis, pedunculisque leviter hispidis: floribus atro-rubris, cum corollis refulgentibus: foliolis oblongis, acutis, marginibus serrulatis: petiolis aculeatis: caule glabro: spinis ramorum sparsis.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Rose with roundish seed-buds, and peduncles slightly hispid: flowers of a very dark red, with blossoms of a very bright colour: leaflets oblong, pointed, with serrulated margins: petioles prickly: stem smooth: spines of the branches scattered.

In the summer of 1826 we first noticed this brilliant little shrub in the Nursery-ground of Mr. Knight; it was called Rosa exuberans, a common attribute of nearly half the genus, but which we should have retained, had it not been in all respects so well calculated to take its place as a minor species by the side of the R. semperflorens already figured.

Website/Catalog  (1825)  
 
Knight’s Exuberant