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Rosaceae

Dwarf rose

Rosa gymnocarpa Nutt.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rosa

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Dwarf rose: Dwarf Rose, Wood Rose or Baldhip Rose
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)
Arabic
ورد عاري الثمرة
arz
ورد جيمنوكاربا
English
Dwarf rose, Baldhip rose, Wood rose
Japanese
ロサ・ギムノカルパ
Persian
رز چوبین

Flowers

Flower colour
purple (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Photos

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Sources: classification 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.