Bidentate Mountain Rose
R. biserrata (close relative to R. canina)
PICTURE SOURCE Les Roses, Volume III (1824)
ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Biserrata
ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier des Montagnes à folioles bidentées
CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. biserrata (close relative to R. canina)
COMMON NAME Bidentate Mountain Rose
OTHER NAMES R. montana variety
CLASS Species
ORIGIN Collected by Dr Mérat pre 1812, Mont Valérien near Paris, France
FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer
SCENT Mild scent
GROWTH Shrub, 3-4 feet (0.9-1.2 metres) high
AVAILABILITY Still in cultivation and wild
At left; picture of the Bidentate Mountain Rose, R. biserrata, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 128 out of 170, Volume III of Les Roses
