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'Rosa underwoodii Rydb. Synonym' rose Description
'<i>Rosa melina</i> Greene synonym' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Museo Giardino della Rosa Antica
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
16 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium pink Species.
Origin:
Discovered by Edward Lee Greene (United States, 1896).
Introduced by Unknown in 1898 as 'Rosa oreophila Rydb. Synonym'.
Class:
Species / Wild.  
Bloom:
Pink to white.  Moderate fragrance.  5 petals.  Medium, single (4-8 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  Fragrant buds.  
Habit:
Arching, bushy, climbing, suckers on its own roots, upright, well-branched.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  5 to 9 leaflets.  

Height: 16" to 4'11" (40 to 150cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 9b.  Vigorous.  plant in partial shade for best color.  produces decorative hips.  
Breeder's notes:
southern North America
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Ploidy:
Hexaploid
Parentage:
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Notes:
Rosa melina Greene. Pittonia 4: 10. 1899

Native to high mountains of Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, rare in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, at elevations of 8200 to 12,500 feet/2500 to 3800 meters. Flowers before R. woodsii subsp. manca, which has a partly-overlapping range.

Various species roses are now considered local forms of Rosa nutkana ssp. melina:
Rosa underwoodii Rydb. is considered a synonym of Rosa nutkana ssp. melina in a recent publication - see References.
Rosa oreophila Rydb. (1904) is considered a synonym of Rosa nutkana ssp. melina in a recent publication - see References.
Source: Rosa Melina
 
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