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Rosaceae

Pygmy rose

Rosa bridgesii Crép. ex Rydb.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rosa

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Pygmy rose: Sierran dwarf rose
Photo: My-Lan Le, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Pygmy rose, Cascade rose

Synonyms

  • Rosa calvaria Greene
  • Rosa covillei Greene
  • Rosa crenulata Greene
  • Rosa gymnocarpa var. pubescens S.Watson
  • Rosa myriadena Greene
  • Rosa yainacensis Greene

Characteristics

Growth habit
Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.