It looks almost pure Rosa multiflora 'Nana'. Maybe its precocious ability to produce flower buds still whilst practically at the cotyledon stage earned it the name micro-miniature.
I love this rose: compact round shape, lacy-lavender clusters, tiny harmless prickles. It's a stunning beauty while in bloom, there's a short pause between flushes. Yes, there's a nice scent in cool and damp weather. I have to lower the pH of my alkaline water for its multiflora parentage. Survives nine zone 5a winters as own-root and gets larger & better with each year.
This is a remarkable small shrub, much more like a Polyantha than a modern miniature. It is one of very few roses in my garden that is completely immune to Blackspot and Mildew. Allowed to build up growth every year it will make a very attractive, rounded 3 X 3 foot shrub.
Ralph Moore lists its parentage as "Rosa Polyantha Nana Seedling". Ploidy unknown but I suspect it is diploid. It is highly fertile as a pollen parent and forms seeds readily.
