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Rosa micrantha
Also called Small Flowered Sweet Briar, Small Flower Sweetbriar
Rosa micrantha, the small-flowered sweetbrier, is a wild shrub of the rose family native to Europe, North Africa and the Caucasus, reaching about 3.5 m. It is rarely sold commercially, so it is mainly grown as a hedge or wild-style shrub where it can be found.
Rosa micrantha, the small-flowered sweet briar, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is native to most of Europe, the Atlas Mountains of Africa, the Caucasus region, Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria, and it has been introduced to eastern North America, Argentina, and New Zealand. A shrub reaching 3.5 m (11 ft), it is not readily available in commerce.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rosa micrantha by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
