Rosaceae
Prickly rose
Rosa acicularis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- ورد إبري
- arz
- ورد اكيولاريس
- Azerbaijani
- İynəcikli itburnu
- Belarusian
- Ружа ігластая
- Chinese
- 刺蔷薇, 刺薔薇, 大叶蔷薇, 少刺大叶蔷薇, 长刺玫果
- cv
- Йĕплĕ шăлан
- Danish
- Finsk Rose
- English
- Prickly rose, Arctic rose, Bristly rose, Wild rose
- Estonian
- Nõeljaogane kibuvits, Nõeljaogaline roos, Nõeljaogane roos
- Finnish
- Karjalanruusu
- French
- Rosier arctique
- German
- Nadel-Rose
- ik
- Katitaġnaq, Igruŋnaq, Kakitḷaŋnaq
- Japanese
- オオタカネバラ
- lah
- کنڈیالا گلاب
- Persian
- رز تیغدار شمالی
- Polish
- Róża igiełkowata
- Russian
- Шиповник иглистый, Роза иглистая, Роза сихотэ-алиньская, Шиповник сихотэ-алиньский
- Swedish
- Finnros
- Tatar
- Энәле гөлҗимеш
Synonyms
- Rosa acicularis var. albiflora X.Lin & Y.L.Lin
- Rosa acicularis var. typica Regel
- Rosa alpina (Pall.1788)
- Rosa cinnamomea var. dahurica (Pall.) Regel
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Ravedave, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Hunkeler from Carlsbad, California, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orestes.P, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.