Rosaceae
Climbing rose
Rosa setigera
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- ورد هلبي
- arz
- ورد سيتيجيرا
- Chinese
- 草原玫瑰
- English
- Climbing rose
- Finnish
- Preeriaruusu
- Korean
- 덩굴장미
- Russian
- Роза прерий, Роза сетигера
- Welsh
- Rhosyn y paith
Synonyms
- Rosa cursor Raf.
- Rosa fenestrata Donn
- Rosa kentukensis Raf.
- Rosa kentukensis Raf.
- Rosa mutabilis J.Bradbury ex E.James
- Rosa setigera f. alba Steyerm.
- Rosa setigera f. inermis E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
- Rosa setigera f. serena (E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.) Fernald
- Rosa setigera f. setigera
- Rosa setigera var. elatior Pers.
- Rosa setigera var. glabra Torr. & A.Gray
- Rosa setigera var. pubescens Raf.
- Rosa setigera var. serena E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
- Rosa setigera var. setigera
- Rosa setigera var. tomentosa Torr. & A.Gray
- Rosa trifoliata Raf.
- Rosa trifoliolata Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 1,385 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos

FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Atha, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jeremy Atherton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Summit Metro Parks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Shelly Norton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Ellie Rieber, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: scbyan, 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.