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Crassulaceae

Roseroot stonecrop

Rhodiola rosea L.

Family
Crassulaceae
Genus
Rhodiola

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Roseroot stonecrop: Montage of Rhodiola rosea
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Common names

By language (43)
Arabic
رودياريزا
arz
رهوديولا الورديه
Azerbaijani
Çəhrayı rodiola
ba
Алтын тамыр
Belarusian
Ружавая радыёла, Залаты корань, Ружовая радыёла, Сібірскі жэньшэнь
Bulgarian
Златовръх
Chinese
红景天, 紅景天, 蔷薇红景天, 红景天*(蔷薇红景天）, 东疆红景天, 库页红景天, 庫頁紅景天
Croatian
Ružičasti žednjak
Czech
Rozchodnice růžová
Danish
Almindelig Rosenrod
Dutch
Rozewortel, Gouden wortel, Rozenkruid
English
Roseroot stonecrop, Aaron's rod, Arctic root, Golden root, King's crown, Orpin rose, Rose root, Roseroot
Estonian
Roosilõhnaline kuldjuur
Faroese
Rósuhjálpirót
Finnish
Ruusujuuri, Pohjanruusujuuri, Ruusunjuuri
German
Rosenwurz, Echte Rosenwurz
Greek
Ροδιόλα η ροδόχρους
Hebrew
רודיולה רוזאה
Hindi
रोडियोला रोजिया
hsb
Róžatka
Hungarian
Illatos rózsásvarjúháj, Illatos varjúháj, Rózsagyökér, Rózsás varjúháj
Icelandic
Burnirót
Indonesian
Akar emas
Japanese
イワベンケイ, ロディオラ, ロディオラ・ロゼア
Kazakh
Алтын тамыр
kl
Tullerunnaq
Korean
돌꽃
Kyrgyz
Алтын тамыр
Malayalam
റോഡിയോള റോസിയ
Mongolian
Алтан гагнуур
Norwegian Bokmål
Rosenrot
Norwegian Nynorsk
Rosenrot, Fjellkaur
Persian
رودیولا رزئا
Polish
Różeniec górski
Russian
Родиола розовая, Золотой корень, Розовый корень
se
Gálberássi, Hádjaurttas, Njálggaháiruohtas
Slovak
Rozchodnica ružová
Slovenian
Navadni rožni koren
smn
Ruusuruotâs
sms
Kääʹlbrääʹss
Swedish
Rosenrot
Ukrainian
Родіола трояндова, Золотий корінь
Welsh
Pren y ddannoedd

Synonyms

  • Rhodia officinarum Crantz
  • Rhodiola arctica Boriss.
  • Rhodiola borealis Boriss.
  • Rhodiola elongata (Ledeb.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  • Rhodiola hideoi Nakai
  • Rhodiola imbricata Edgew.
  • Rhodiola iremelica Boriss.
  • Rhodiola krivochizhinii Sipliv.
  • Rhodiola maxima Nakai
  • Rhodiola minor Mill.
  • Rhodiola odora Salisb.
  • Rhodiola odorata Lam.
  • Rhodiola roanensis (Britton) Britton
  • Rhodiola rosea subsp. arctica (Boriss.) Love
  • Rhodiola rosea subsp. borealis (Boriss.) A.P.Khokhr. & Kuvaev
  • Rhodiola rosea subsp. elongata (Led.) H.Jacobsen
  • Rhodiola rosea subsp. krivochizhinii (Sipliv.) S.B.Gontch.
  • Rhodiola rosea subsp. roanensis (Br.) H.Jacobsen
  • Rhodiola rosea subsp. sachalinensis (Boriss.) S.B.Gontch.
  • Rhodiola rosea subsp. tachiroi (Franch. & Sav.) H.Jacobsen
  • Rhodiola rosea var. scopolii (Kern. ex Simonk.) Soó
  • Rhodiola sachalinensis Boriss.
  • Rhodiola scopolii A.Kern. ex Simonk.
  • Rhodiola sibirica Sweet
  • Rhodiola tachiroei (Franch. & Savat.) Nakai
  • Rhodiola telephioides (Maxim.) S.H.Fu
  • Sedum altaicum G.Don
  • Sedum arcticum (Boriss.) Rønning
  • Sedum caerulans H.Lév. & Vaniot
  • Sedum elongatum Ledeb.
  • Sedum imbricatum Walp.
  • Sedum rhodiola Vill.
  • Sedum rhodiola var. crispum Regel & Tiling
  • Sedum rhodiola var. dentatum Regel & Tiling
  • Sedum rhodiola var. humile Regel & Tiling
  • Sedum rhodiola var. involucratum Regel & Tiling
  • Sedum rhodiola var. lanceolatum Regel & Tiling
  • Sedum rhodiola var. latifolium Regel & Tiling
  • Sedum rhodiola var. oblongum Regel & Tiling
  • Sedum rhodiola var. ovatum Regel & Tiling

and 14 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.