Rosaceae
Whitewoolly rose
Rosa tomentosa
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (15)
- arz
- ورد تومينتوسا
- Azerbaijani
- Tükcüklü itburnu
- Bulgarian
- Власинеста шипка
- Chinese
- 絨毛薔薇, 绒毛蔷薇
- Czech
- Růže plstnatá
- Danish
- Langstilket filtrose
- Dutch
- Viltroos
- English
- Whitewoolly rose
- Estonian
- Kink-kibuvits
- Finnish
- Nukkaruusu
- German
- Filz-Rose, Filzrose
- Polish
- Róża kutnerowata
- Slovenian
- Puhasti šipek
- Swedish
- Filtros
- Welsh
- Rhosyn gwlanog
Synonyms
- Pugetia cuspidata (M.Bieb.) Gand.
- Pugetia subglobosa (Sm.) Gand.
- Pugetia tomentosa (Sm.) Gand.
- Rosa abietina f. clivorum (Scheutz) Christ
- Rosa abietina f. confusa (Puget ex Déségl.) Christ
- Rosa abietina f. gisleri (Puget ex Crép.) Christ
- Rosa andrzejowskii H.Waldner
- Rosa andrzejowskii var. occidentalis Lonacz. ex Chrshan.
- Rosa annesiensis Déségl.
- Rosa anomala Ripart
- Rosa antitraaenii (Almq.) Almq.
- Rosa attenuata Chabert ex Rouy
- Rosa barcensis Simonk.
- Rosa billotiana Crép.
- Rosa billotii F.Gérard
- Rosa biserrata subsp. podolica (Tratt. ex Link) Heinr.Braun
- Rosa borysthenica Chrshan.
- Rosa britannica Déségl. ex Baker
- Rosa canina subsp. pseudotomentosa (Pau ex Losa) Losa
- Rosa canina subvar. podolica (Tratt.) R.Keller
- Rosa canina var. podolica (Tratt.) Heinr.Braun
- Rosa canina var. pseudotomentosa Pau ex Losa
- Rosa canina var. tomentosa (Sm.) Desv.
- Rosa capnoides A.Kern. ex Déségl.
- Rosa capnoides A.Kern. ex Christ
- Rosa carbonariensis Boullu
- Rosa caryophyllacea var. pseudocaryophyllacea (Błocki) R.Keller
- Rosa cetica Heinr.Braun
- Rosa ciesielskii Błocki
- Rosa ciesielskii var. curvata Chrshan.
- Rosa cineracea Crép. ex Borbás
- Rosa cinerascens Dumort.
- Rosa cinerascens f. subadenophylla Borbás
- Rosa cinerascens f. subduplicata Borbás
- Rosa cinerascens var. intricata Crép. ex Dumort.
- Rosa cinerascens var. lasioclada Boullu
- Rosa cinerascens var. ovoidea Dumort.
- Rosa clivorum Scheutz
- Rosa clivorum var. glabrescens Scheutz
- Rosa clivorum var. glaucescens (Scheutz) Matsson
and 324 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: BerndH, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: BerndH, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, 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.