Pendant-Fruited Alpine Rose
R. pendulina
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume I (1817)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Alpina pendulina
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier des Alpes á fruits pendants
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. pendulina
COMMON NAME Pendant-Fruited Alpine Rose
OTHER NAMES Spineless Virgin Rose, Alpine Hedge Rose
CLASS Species/Wild
ORIGIN Native to Europe & North America
FLOWERING Once-flowering; spring/summer
SCENT Slight/no fragrance
GROWTH Medium shrub 3-6 feet (0.9-1.8 metres)
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation and wild
At left; picture of the Pendant-Fruited Alpine Rose, R. pendulina, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 018 out of 170, Volume I of Les Roses.
