Rosaceae
Prairie rose
Rosa arkansana
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- ورد أركنسوي
- arz
- ورد اركانسانا
- Chinese
- 阿根索蔷薇, 阿根索薔薇, 支柱阿根索蔷薇
- Czech
- Růže arkansaská
- English
- Prairie rose
- French
- Rosier de l'Arkansas
- German
- Prärie-Rose
- Japanese
- ワイルドローズ
- Persian
- رز چمنزار
Synonyms
- Rosa alcea Greene
- Rosa angustiarum (Cockerell) Cockerell
- Rosa arkansana f. alba (Rehder) W.H.Lewis
- Rosa arkansana f. arkansana
- Rosa arkansana f. plena W.H.Lewis
- Rosa arkansana f. setulosa (Cockerell) W.H.Lewis
- Rosa arkansana var. arkansana
- Rosa arkansana var. bushii (Rydb.) Rosend. & Butters
- Rosa arkansana var. suffulta (Greene) Cockerell
- Rosa arkansanoides C.K.Schneid.
- Rosa arkansanoides f. alba C.K.Schneid.
- Rosa blanda var. arkansana Cockerell
- Rosa blanda var. arkansana (Porter) Best
- Rosa conjuncta Rydb.
- Rosa heliophila Greene
- Rosa heliophila f. alba (Rehder) Rehder
- Rosa heliophila var. foliosissima Lunell
- Rosa lunellii Greene
- Rosa pratincola Greene
- Rosa pratincola f. alba Rehder
- Rosa pratincola f. setulosa (Cockerell) Cockerell
- Rosa pratincola var. angustiarum Cockerell
- Rosa pratincola var. setulosa Cockerell
- Rosa relicta Erlanson
- Rosa rydbergii Greene
- Rosa suffulta Greene
- Rosa suffulta f. alba (Rehder) Rehder
- Rosa suffulta var. relicta (Erlanson) Deam
- Rosa suffulta var. valida Erlanson
- Rosa virginiana var. arkansana (Porter) MacMill.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Alexwcovington, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.