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Rosaceae

Climbing rose

Rosa setigera Michx.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rosa

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Climbing rose (Rosa setigera)
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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

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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.