Rosaceae
Cherokee rose
Rosa laevigata
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- ورد ناعم, ورد ثلاثي الأوراق
- arz
- ورد ليفيجاتا
- Azerbaijani
- Hamar itburnu
- Chinese
- 金樱子, 金櫻子, 光果金樱子, 刺梨子, 和尚头, 唐樱竻, 山石榴, 山鸡头子
- English
- Cherokee rose, Camelia rose, Mardan rose
- French
- Rosier des Cherokees
- German
- Cherokee-Rose
- lzh
- 金櫻子
- Persian
- رز چروکی
- Russian
- Роза гладкая
- Swedish
- Cherokeeros
- Vietnamese
- Kim anh, Hồng vụng
Synonyms
- Rosa amygdalifolia Ser.
- Rosa argyi H.Lév.
- Rosa argyi H.Lév.
- Rosa camellia hort.
- Rosa camellia Siebold
- Rosa camelliifolia hort.
- Rosa cherokeensis Donn ex Small
- Rosa cucumerina Tratt.
- Rosa hystrix Lindl.
- Rosa laevigata f. laevigata
- Rosa laevigata f. semiplena T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku
- Rosa laevigata var. alborosea Makino
- Rosa laevigata var. kaiscianensis Pamp.
- Rosa laevigata var. leiocarpa Y.Q.Wang & P.Y.Chen
- Rosa laevigata var. rosea Makino
- Rosa nivea DC.
- Rosa nivea var. setifera Ser.
- Rosa sinica W.T.Aiton
- Rosa sinica var. fortuneana Regel
- Rosa sinica var. typica Regel
- Rosa ternata Poir.
- Rosa trifoliata Bosc
- Rosa triphylla Roxb.
- Rosa triphylla Roxb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: samussiah, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 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.