Rosaceae
Shining rose
Rosa nitida
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- ورد لامع
- arz
- ورد نيتيدا
- Chinese
- 亮叶蔷薇, 亮葉薔薇
- Danish
- Skinnende Rose
- English
- Shining rose
- Finnish
- Nukkeruusu
- French
- Rosier brillant
- German
- Glanz-Rose, Glänzende Rose, Glanzblättrige Rose
- Indonesian
- Tentang Rosa Nitida
- Persian
- رز نیتیدا
- Russian
- Шиповник блестящий, Роза блестящая
- Swedish
- Dockros
Synonyms
- Rosa nitida f. spinosa W.H.Lewis
- Rosa redutea Thory
- Rosa redutea unranked glauca (Thory) Thory
- Rosa redutea unranked rubescens (Thory) Thory
- Rosa redutea unranked rufescens Thory
- Rosa redutea var. glauca Thory
- Rosa redutea var. parvifolia Thory
- Rosa redutea var. rubescens Thory
- Rosa reduteana Thory
- Rosa rubrispina Bosc ex Poir.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 32 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Melissa McMasters, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: agbelliveau, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: bobkennedy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sakurai Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jcollatz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Charlie O'Brien, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, 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.