Rosa × alpestris is a hybrid species of flowering plant in the rose family. Its native range is Western Europe (including the United Kingdom and France) and Hungary. It is a shrub that grows primarily in temperate biomes. The hybrid formula is Rosa dumalis × Rosa sherardii. Rosa × alpestris was first scientifically described in 1861 in the botanical work Catalogus Plantarum Vascularium Genevensium, in Geneva, Switzerland.
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