Baja_Costero said:Thank you very much. It appears the concensus is that rosea is the same as Firesticks. Two different plants under the same name but I'm fine with that. Thank you for the quick response. I guess the best thing for me to do would be to leave a comment about my experience so that people are aware of the situation. If I had to title that page I would use "Firesticks" not "rosea" as the tag (just because most plants are not red under normal growing conditions) but I guess a scientific variety is preferable to the common name.
Onward! 
Sorry, Baja. I neglected to respond to this post. It's not a matter of the "scientific" nature of the name 'Rosea.' It's just that it's the cultivar name most often used by the different nurseries selling the plant and the informational sites listing the plant. As far as I know, the cultivar was never registered or patented, so we don't really know the official name. If everyone suddenly started calling it 'Firesticks' or 'Sticks on Fire,' we would do the same, and we'd include 'Rosea' only as an also-sold-as name. As long as all the names are listed in the entry, however, anyone searching for the plant by any of those names will be able to find it.
Incidentally, roses with "rosea" in their botanical names usually are pink, not red, so I guess the interpretation of the Latin word depends on the genus.
