Rosaceae
Evergreen rose
Rosa sempervirens
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- ورد دائم الخضرة
- arz
- ورد سيمبيرفيرينز
- Chinese
- 常緑薔薇, 常绿蔷薇
- Czech
- Růže vždyzelená
- English
- Evergreen rose
- French
- Rosier toujours vert
- Persian
- رز همیشهبهار
- Polish
- Róża wieczniezielona
- Russian
- Шиповник вечнозелёный
- Slovenian
- Vednozeleni šipek
- Swedish
- Medelhavsros, Medelhavros
Synonyms
- Ripartia balearica (Dum.Cours.) Gand.
- Ripartia sempervirens (L.) Gand.
- Rosa alba All.
- Rosa amansii Gand.
- Rosa amicii Gand.
- Rosa arvensis var. candolleana Tratt.
- Rosa arvensis var. prostrata (DC.) Thory
- Rosa atrovirens Viv.
- Rosa aunisiensis (Fouilloy) Fouilloy
- Rosa balearica Desf.
- Rosa balearica Dum.Cours.
- Rosa chaubardiana Gand.
- Rosa choristylis Borbás
- Rosa engolismensis Déségl. & Guillon
- Rosa fusca Moench
- Rosa gandogeriana Debeaux
- Rosa lucida Cav.
- Rosa melvinii Towndrow
- Rosa moschata Lapeyr.
- Rosa prostrata DC.
- Rosa prostrata f. leiostyla (W.D.J.Koch) Borbás
- Rosa prostrata var. microtricha Borbás
- Rosa prostrata var. obtusiuscula Martrin-Donos
- Rosa scandens Mill.
- Rosa sempervirens f. abortiva S.Pons
- Rosa sempervirens f. acutissima C.Vicioso
- Rosa sempervirens f. conica R.Keller
- Rosa sempervirens f. gandogeriana (Debeaux) R.Keller
- Rosa sempervirens f. inaperta Duffort
- Rosa sempervirens f. microphylla (DC.) Christ
- Rosa sempervirens f. microtricha Borbás
- Rosa sempervirens f. prostrata (DC.) Beck
- Rosa sempervirens f. scandens (Mill.) Christ
- Rosa sempervirens prol. subgallicoides Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Rosa sempervirens subsp. microphylla (DC.) Arcang.
- Rosa sempervirens subsp. scandens (Mill.) Arcang.
- Rosa sempervirens subvar. acutifolia C.Vicioso
- Rosa sempervirens subvar. brevistyla Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Rosa sempervirens subvar. leiostyla Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Rosa sempervirens subvar. pubescens Rouy & E.G.Camus
and 54 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Riad Salih, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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.