Rosa bridgesii

Rosa bridgesii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rosa
Species:
R. bridgesii
Binomial name
Rosa bridgesii

Rosa bridgesii is a species of rose known by the common names pygmy rose[1] and Sierran dwarf rose. It is native to California, where it grows in the forests of the Sierra Nevada and surrounding mountains and foothills. It may also occur in Oregon.

This rose is sometimes treated as a variety of Rosa gymnocarpa.

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rosa bridgesii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 23 October 2015.