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White prairie rose

Rosa foliolosa Nutt.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rosa

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White prairie rose (Rosa foliolosa)
FlowerPhoto: saltyhiker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)
Arabic
ورد صغير الأوراق
arz
ورد فوليولوسا
Chinese
白花草原蔷薇, 白花草原薔薇
English
White prairie rose

Synonyms

  • Rosa foliolosa f. alba (Bridwell) Rehder
  • Rosa foliolosa var. alba Bridwell
  • Rosa ignota Shinners

Characteristics

Growth habit
Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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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.