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Smallflower sweetbrier

Rosa micrantha Borrer ex Sm.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rosa

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Common names

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English
Smallflower sweetbrier

Synonyms

  • Chabertia hungarica (A.Kern.) Gand.
  • Chabertia lemanii (Boreau) Gand.
  • Chabertia micrantha (Borrer ex Sm.) Gand.
  • Rosa bordzilowskii Chrshan.
  • Rosa candida Davidov
  • Rosa canescens Borrer ex Sm.
  • Rosa canescens f. subatrichostylis Strobl
  • Rosa canina var. avelloi (Sennen & Mauricio) Emb. & Maire
  • Rosa caryophyllacea f. budwitzensis J.B.Keller & Formánek
  • Rosa chomutoviensis Chrshan. & Lasebna
  • Rosa chomutoviensis var. kubensis Chrshan.
  • Rosa chomutoviensis var. latifolia Chrshan.
  • Rosa delphinensis Chabert
  • Rosa diminuta Boreau ex Déségl.
  • Rosa eglanteria var. nemoralis (Léman) P.V.Heath
  • Rosa elliptica subsp. subeglanteria E.Schenk
  • Rosa escurialensis (Reut.) Pau
  • Rosa ferociformis (Prodan) Prodan
  • Rosa hirciana Heinr.Braun
  • Rosa hispanica f. escurialensis (Reut.) Christ
  • Rosa hispanica var. escurialensis Reut.
  • Rosa histrix Léman
  • Rosa horrida subsp. permixta (Déségl.) Nyman
  • Rosa hungarica A.Kern.
  • Rosa hungarica var. boehmiae Ker.-Nagy
  • Rosa inodora var. minor Lange
  • Rosa klukii var. subcalvescens Přibilsky ex Hayek
  • Rosa lactiflora Déségl.
  • Rosa lactiflora f. polyacantha Borbás
  • Rosa lantoscana Burnat & Gremli
  • Rosa lemanii Boreau
  • Rosa libertiana Tratt.
  • Rosa lusseri Lagger & Puget
  • Rosa meridionalis Burnat & Gremli
  • Rosa micrantha f. aciculata (Rouy & E.G.Camus) R.Keller
  • Rosa micrantha f. anisocantha Borbás
  • Rosa micrantha f. balcica Prodan
  • Rosa micrantha f. cadolenensis R.Keller
  • Rosa micrantha f. campiensis Prodan
  • Rosa micrantha f. cuneifolia R.Keller

and 206 more.

Characteristics

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

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