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Rosa × alpestris

Rosa × alpestris
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Europe
Climate
temperate

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Rosa × alpestris is a hybrid species of flowering plant in the rose family. Its native range is Western Europe (including the United Kingdom and France) and Hungary. It is a shrub that grows primarily in temperate biomes. The hybrid formula is Rosa dumalis × Rosa sherardii. Rosa × alpestris was first scientifically described in 1861 in the botanical work Catalogus Plantarum Vascularium Genevensium, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Other Rosa plants

Chabertia elegans · Needle Rose · Rosa abrica · Abutalybov's Brier · Abyssinian Rose · Dog Rose · Prickly rose · Rosa adenophylla · Fieldbriar · Rosa alabukensis · White rose of York · Rosa alberti

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rosa × alpestris by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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