Rosaceae
Ground rose
Rosa spithamea
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (3)
- arz
- ورد سبيثاميا
- English
- Ground rose
- Persian
- رز زمینی
Synonyms
- Rosa granulata Greene
- Rosa sonomensis Greene
- Rosa spithamea var. solitaria L.F.Hend.
- Rosa spithamea var. sonomensis (Greene) Jeps.
- Rosa spithamea var. spithamea
- Rosa spithamea var. subinermis Engelm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: George Williams, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anne Parsons, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chuck Wilson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Monika Fischer, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: paulexcoff, 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.