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Rosaceae

Silky rose

Rosa sericea Lindl.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rosa

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Silky rose: Rosa sericea subsp. omeiensis f. pteracantha
Photo: Ulf Eliasson epibase, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (11)
Arabic
ورد حريري
arz
ورد سيريسيا
Chinese
絹毛薔薇, 绢毛蔷薇, 山刺梨, 营实, 蔷薇叶, 蔷薇枝, 蔷薇根, 蔷薇花
English
Silky rose
Finnish
Silkkiruusu
German
Seiden-Rose
lah
ریشمی گلاب
Nepali
हिमाली गुलाव
Persian
رز سریسئا
Polish
Róża czteropłatkowa
Swedish
Vingros

Synonyms

  • Rosa sericea f. sericea
  • Rosa sericea var. typica Regel

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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.