Rosaceae
Desert rose
Rosa stellata
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- ورد نجمي
- arz
- ورد ستيلاتا
- English
- Desert rose
- Hausa
- Desert Rose
- Persian
- رز ستارهای
Synonyms
- Hesperhodos stellatus (Wooton) Cockerell
- Hesperhodos stellatus (Wooton) Boulenger
- Rosa stellata var. stellata
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: A. Barra, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CK Kelly, CC BY 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.