Roseate Tern
Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Hybridizer:

J.M. de Navarro

b 1896 d 1979

Broadway, Worcestershire, England

J.M. de Navarro
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1975
Seed Parent: 
[ (
Templemore 2 W-W 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
White Sentinel x Forfar
Templemore
x
Salmon Trout 2 W-P 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1948
Rose of Tralee x open pollinated
Salmon Trout
) x
Debutante 2 W-P 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1956
Wild Rose x Rose Caprice
Debutante
]
Pollen Parent: 
Romance 2 W-P 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1959
Rose Caprice x Infatuation
Romance
Seedling Number:
483/II
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
2 times as seed,1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 90 mm wide; perianth segments very broad, blunt, slightly mucronate, spreading, a little concave, regular, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower; corona bowl-shaped, smooth, pink, with mouth straight, lightly frilled, rim shallowly crenate. Resembles ‘Romance’ but with wider perianth segments and a paler corona.

Origin of Name

Named after the seabird of the tern family, the Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii).

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Roseate TernRoseate Tern, 2 W-P, J.M. de Navarro, England, 1975
Photo #59120 Roger Parsons, EnglandRoseate ternRoseate Tern, 2 W-P, J.M. de Navarro, England, 1975
Photo #3500 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA