Rosaceae

Chinese rose

Rosa chinensis Jacq.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rosa

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Chinese rose: ロサキネンシス Rosa chinensis — Photo: Sakurai Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (28)

Arabic: ورد صيني
Armenian: Մասրենի չինական
arz: ورد تشينينسيس
Assamese: চীনা গোলাপ, ৰ’জা চাইনেন্ছিছ
Azerbaijani: Çin qızılgülü
Bangla: বাংলা গোলাপ, কাঁটা গোলাপ, চায়না গোলাপ, চীনা গোলাপ, বেঙ্গল ক্রিমসন, বেঙ্গল বিউটি, রোসা চিনেনসিস
Bulgarian: Китайска роза
Cantonese: 月季
Chinese: 月季, 月季花, 月月红, 月月花, 庚申蔷薇, 单瓣月季花, 單瓣月季花, 紫月季花
Czech: Růže čínská
English: Chinese rose
Esperanto: Ĉina rozo
French: Rosier de Chine
Indonesian: Mawar Tiongkok
Japanese: ロサ・キネンシス, コウシンバラ, 庚申薔薇
Korean: 월계화
lah: چینی گلاب
lzh: 月季
Malayalam: റോസാ ചിനെൻസിസ്
mnc: ᠪᡳᠶᠠᠯᠠᡵᡳ ᡳᠯᡥᠠ
Persian: رز چینی
Russian: Шиповник китайский, Bengal Rose, China Rose, Rose du Bengale, Rosier de la Chine, Бенгальская роза, Индийская роза, Роза бенгальская
Slovak: Ruža čínska
Swedish: Kinarosor
Ukrainian: Троянда китайська
Urdu: چینی گلاب
Vietnamese: Hồng Trung Hoa, Hoa hồng
wuu: 月季

Synonyms

Rosa bengalensis Pers.
Rosa bengalensis unranked odorata Wallr.
Rosa bengalensis unranked odoratissima Wallr.
Rosa bengalensis var. chinensis (Jacq.) Pers.
Rosa chinensis f. mutabilis Rehder
Rosa chinensis f. spontanea Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Rosa chinensis f. viridiflora (Lavallée) C.K.Schneid.
Rosa chinensis prol. indica (Koehne) R.Keller
Rosa chinensis prol. semperflorens (W.M.Curtis) R.Keller
Rosa chinensis subsp. indica Koehne
Rosa chinensis unranked semperflorens K.Koch
Rosa chinensis unranked viridiflora Dippel
Rosa chinensis var. chinensis
Rosa chinensis var. devoniensis Rehder
Rosa chinensis var. indica (Koehne) Rehder
Rosa chinensis var. longifolia (Willd.) Rehder
Rosa chinensis var. minima (Sims) Voss
Rosa chinensis var. semperflorens (W.M.Curtis) Koehne
Rosa chinensis var. spontanea (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
Rosa diversifolia Vent.
Rosa diversifolia var. viridiflora Lavallée
Rosa indica Lindl.
Rosa indica Lour.
Rosa indica Focke
Rosa indica Redout‚ & Thory
Rosa indica unranked pumila Thory
Rosa indica var. bengalensis K.Koch
Rosa indica var. humilis Ser.
Rosa indica var. longifolia (Willd.) Lindl.
Rosa indica var. minima Bean
Rosa indica var. pumila (Thory) Lindl.
Rosa indica var. semperflorens (W.M.Curtis) Ser.
Rosa indica var. vulgaris Redout‚ & Thory
Rosa indica var. vulgaris Thory
Rosa laurentiae Tratt.
Rosa lawranceana Sweet
Rosa longifolia Willd.
Rosa monstrosa Breiter
Rosa mutabilis Correvon
Rosa nankinensis Lour.

and 13 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Subshrub, Vine
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Sakurai Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Obsidian Soul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Friedrich Bruckmeyer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Jason M. C., Han, 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.