Rosaceae
Smooth rose
Rosa blanda
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (8)
- arz
- ورد بلاندا
- Chinese
- 草甸蔷薇, 草甸薔薇, 柏格蔷薇
- English
- Smooth rose
- Finnish
- Kanadanruusu
- German
- Eschen-Rose
- Persian
- رز لطیف
- Polish
- Róża labradorska
- Swedish
- Labradorros
Synonyms
- Rosa blanda f. alba (Schuette ex Erlanson) Fernald
- Rosa blanda f. albinea (Fernald) Scoggan
- Rosa blanda f. angustior Vict. & Roll.-Germ.
- Rosa blanda f. carpohispida (Schuette) W.H.Lewis
- Rosa blanda f. willmottiae Baker
- Rosa blanda var. acicularioides (Schuette) Rosend. & Butters
- Rosa blanda var. alba Schuette ex Erlanson
- Rosa blanda var. blanda
- Rosa blanda var. carpohispida Schuette
- Rosa blanda var. glabra Crép.
- Rosa blanda var. glandulosa Schuette
- Rosa blanda var. hermannii Erlanson
- Rosa blanda var. hispida Farw.
- Rosa blanda var. nuda Schuette
- Rosa blanda var. pubescens Crép.
- Rosa blanda var. setigera Crép.
- Rosa blanda var. subgeminata Schuette
- Rosa blanda var. sublaevis Cockerell
- Rosa blanda var. typica C.K.Schneid.
- Rosa cinnamomea subsp. blanda (Aiton) Nyman
- Rosa cinnamomea var. gemella (Willd.) Ser.
- Rosa dasistema Raf.
- Rosa fraxinea Willd.
- Rosa fraxinifolia var. blanda (Aiton) Ser.
- Rosa gemella Willd.
- Rosa johannensis Fernald
- Rosa johannensis f. albinea Fernald
- Rosa palustris var. dasistema (Raf.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
- Rosa rousseauiorum B.Boivin
- Rosa rousseauiorum f. chrysocarpa B.Boivin
- Rosa rousseauiorum f. chrysocarpa (B.Boivin) B.Boivin
- Rosa subblanda Rydb.
- Rosa turgida Pers.
- Rosa williamsii Fernald
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: A. Barra, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.