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• Glossy Rose
• Luisante simple
• R. humilis lucida
• Rosa humilis var. lucida Best
• Rosa lucida Ehrhart Synonym
• Rosa lucida Lindl. Synonym
• R. virginiana
• Rosa virginiana Herrm.
• Rosa virginiana Mill., ambiguous syn.
• Rosier Luisant
• Virginia Rose

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Medium pink Species.
Exhibition name: R. virginiana

Miscellaneous OGR, Species / Wild.  

Pink or light pink.  Strong fragrance.  Average diameter 2.25".  Medium, single (4-8 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  

Armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, few or no prickles/thorns.  Glossy foliage.  7 to 9 leaflets.  

Height: 5' to 7' (150 to 215cm).  Width: 3' (90cm).

USDA zone 3b and warmer.  Produces decorative hips.  

Tetraploid

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Rosa lucida has been used inconsistently to refer to several different rose species. Rosa humilis has been used for both R. virginiana and R. carolina, which were sometimes considered synonymous by earlier botanists.

Lloyd Brace at The Roseraie at Bayfields says this rose has pale pink, single blooms. Its foliage turns red in the fall and it sets bright red shiny hips.

The fully double variety in horticulture is known as Rosa virginiana var. plena hort. ex Rehder. See References.