Rosa nitida, also known as the shining rose[1] due to its glossy leaves (nitidus is Latin for 'shining'[2]), is a perennial[3] species in the plant genus Rosa in the plant family Rosaceae.

It forms a low, suckering, deciduous shrub, growing up to a metre in height, although often less.

Its pinnate leaves have 7 to 9 shining leaflets which turn bright red, yellow and purple in the fall.

Its small pink flowers appear in summer and are subtly but sweetly scented, smelling like Convallaria ("Lily-of-the-Valley").

It is a special concern species and believed extirpated in Connecticut,[5] and endangered in New York.