Rosa mollis

Rosa mollis is a species of wild rose.^[1] Common name: soft downy-rose.^[2] It is most closely related to Rosa villosa.^[3]: 98 Rosa mollis can be distinguished from Rosa villosa by its longer leaves and pruinose stem, which is absent in the latter.^[4] Rosa mollis usually blossoms in Germany for approximately 5 weeks from the end of June to July^[5]

It is native to the Caucasus^[1] and parts of Europe: the British Isles, Scandinavia, and the lands around the Baltic. It has been commonly reported in isolated areas throughout the rest of Europe; this fact has prompted the editors of Atlas Florae Europaeae to raise the question whether these may not be cases of misidentification of either Rosa villosa or Rosa sherardii.^{[3]: 101–2}