Rosaceae
Musk rose
Rosa moschata
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- ورد مسكي, نسرين
- arz
- ورد مسكى
- Assamese
- সেউতী ফুল
- Azerbaijani
- Müşk itburnusu
- Chinese
- 麝香蔷薇, 麝香薔薇
- Croatian
- Mošusna ruža
- Dutch
- Trosroos
- English
- Musk rose
- French
- Rosier musqué
- Icelandic
- Moskusrós
- lah
- مشکی گلاب
- Nepali
- कस्तुरी गुलाब
- Persian
- رز ماسک
- Polish
- Róża piżmowa
- Russian
- Шиповник мускусный, Мускусная роза, Роза мускусная
- Serbian
- Мошусна ружа
- Swedish
- Myskros
- Turkish
- Misk gülü
Synonyms
- Rosa arborea Olivier ex Bosc
- Rosa broteroi Tratt.
- Rosa brownii Tratt.
- Rosa brunonii var. arborea (Pers.) Ser.
- Rosa brunonii var. nudiuscula (Lindl.) Ser.
- Rosa glandulifera Roxb.
- Rosa manuelii Losa
- Rosa moschata f. dupontii (Déségl.) Borbás
- Rosa moschata f. plena (Weston) Rehder
- Rosa moschata subsp. timisorensis Prodan
- Rosa moschata unranked carnea Andrews
- Rosa moschata unranked florepleno Andrews
- Rosa moschata unranked floresemipleno Thory
- Rosa moschata unranked plena Weston
- Rosa moschata var. arborea (Pers.) Lindl.
- Rosa moschata var. dasyacantha Cardot
- Rosa moschata var. micrantha Crép.
- Rosa moschata var. nastarana H.Christ
- Rosa moschata var. nastarana Christ
- Rosa moschata var. nivea (A.Dupont ex Lindl.) Lindl.
- Rosa moschata var. nudiuscula Lindl.
- Rosa moschata var. pissardii (Carrière) Bean
- Rosa moschata var. plena Regel
- Rosa moschata var. rodnensis Prodan
- Rosa moschata var. rosea Ser.
- Rosa moschata var. ruscinonensis (Gren. & Déségl. ex Déségl.) Nyman
- Rosa moschata var. ruscinonensis (Gren. & Déségl.) Nyman
- Rosa moschata var. typica Regel
- Rosa napaulensis Andrews
- Rosa nepalensis Andrews
- Rosa opsostemma Ehrh.
- Rosa opsostemma unranked plena Ehrh.
- Rosa pissardii Carrière
- Rosa pissartii Carrière
- Rosa recurva Roxb. ex Lindl.
- Rosa ruscinonensis Gren. & Déségl.
- Rosa sempervirens var. moschata (Herrm.) Gren.
- Rosa timisorensis (Prodan) Prodan
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Malcolm Manners from Lakeland FL, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Luciano Niccolai, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Wilrooij, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Marco, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.