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• Hecht-Rose
• Red Leaf Rose
• R. ferruginea
• Rosa ferruginea Villars synonym
• R. glauca
• Rosa glauca Pourr.
• Rosa lurida Andr. synonym
• R. majalis rubrifolia
• Rosa majalis var.rubrifolia (Vill. ex Thory) Wallr.synonym
• R. romana
• Rosa romana hort.
• R. rubrifolia
• Rosa rubrifolia Vill. synonym
• Rosier a feuilles rougeâtres

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Species.
Exhibition name: R. rubrifolia

Species / Wild.  

Pink blend, white center.  Moderate fragrance.  5 petals.  Average diameter 1".  Small to medium, single (4-8 petals), cluster-flowered bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  

Arching, bushy, few or no prickles/thorns, spreading, upright.  Matte foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 4'11" to 11½' (150 to 350cm).  Width: 5' (150cm).

USDA zone 2b through 9b.  Vigorous.  produces decorative hips.  shade tolerant.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  

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R. glauca Pourr. (1788) sets red hips...
This should not be confused with Rosa rubifolia (Erich Unmuth, Vienna Austria). R. rubifolia (R. setigera) is so named because its leaves look like those of the blackberry (genus Rubus),