Rosaceae

Baja rose

Rosa minutifolia Engelm.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rosa

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Common names

By language (5)

arz: ورد مينوتيفوليا
Chinese: 小叶蔷薇, 小葉薔薇
Czech: Růže drobnolistá
English: Baja rose
Japanese: ロサ・ミヌティフォリア

Synonyms

Hesperhodos minutifolia (Engelm.) Hurst
Rosa minutifolia f. albiflora W.H.Lewis

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: cultivar413 from Fallbrook, California, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: cultivar413 from Fallbrook, California, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: cultivar413 from Fallbrook, California, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Peter D. Tillman from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.