Rosaceae
California wildrose
Rosa californica
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- ورد كاليفورني
- arz
- ورد كاليفورنيا
- Azerbaijani
- Kaliforniya itburnusu
- Chinese
- 加州蔷薇, 加州薔薇
- English
- California wildrose
- Estonian
- Kalifornia kibuvits
- Japanese
- ロサ・カリフォルニカ
- Persian
- رز کالیفرنیایی
- Swedish
- Kalifornisk ros
Synonyms
- Rosa aldersonii Greene
- Rosa breweri Greene
- Rosa californica f. nana (Bean) Rehder
- Rosa californica f. plena Rehder
- Rosa californica subsp. chamissoniana C.A.Mey.
- Rosa californica unranked florepleno Bean
- Rosa californica var. chamissoniana Crép.
- Rosa californica var. glabra Crép.
- Rosa californica var. glandulosa Crép.
- Rosa californica var. nana Bean
- Rosa californica var. petersiana C.A.Mey.
- Rosa californica var. petersiana Crép.
- Rosa californica var. pubescens Crép.
- Rosa spithamea A.Gray
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Curtis Clark assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Berardi from Long Beach, CA, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bill Leikam, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: oliveoligarchy from California, United States, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.