Rosaceae
Apple rose
Rosa villosa
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- ورد وبري
- arz
- ورد فيلوسا, ورد سانكتى اندريا
- Belarusian
- Ружа яблычная
- Bulgarian
- Ябълкоплодна шипка
- Chinese
- 苹果蔷薇, 蘋果薔薇
- Czech
- Růže dužnoplodá, Růže jablíčková, Růže měkká
- Dutch
- Viltroos, Bottelroos
- English
- Apple rose
- Esperanto
- Vila rozo
- Estonian
- Õun-kibuvits
- Finnish
- Luumuruusu
- French
- Rosier pomme, Rosier velu
- German
- Apfel-Rose, Apfelrose
- hsb
- Jabłučkojta róža
- Hungarian
- Gyapjas rózsa, Szentendrei rózsa
- Latvian
- Ābolu roze
- Persian
- رز ویلوسا
- Polish
- Róża jabłkowata, Róża jabłkowa
- Russian
- Шиповник волосистый, Шиповник Борисовой
- Slovak
- Ruža jabľčková
- Slovenian
- Dlakavi šipek, Jabolčni šipek
- Swedish
- Plommonros, Hartsros
- Ukrainian
- Шипшина Борисової
Synonyms
- Pugetia pomifera (Herrm.) Gand.
- Pugetia resinosa (Nyman) Gand.
- Rosa alpicola Rouy
- Rosa alpina var. gallaecica Pau ex Merino
- Rosa alpina var. galloecica Pau
- Rosa alpinominuta Rouy
- Rosa anoplantha Christ
- Rosa arduennensis Crép.
- Rosa baenitzii Christ
- Rosa bonnieri Rouy
- Rosa borissovae Chrshan.
- Rosa cardanica (Rouy & E.G.Camus) Sennen
- Rosa ciliatopetala Besser
- Rosa cognata Merino
- Rosa dicksoniana Lindl.
- Rosa dicksonii Lindl.
- Rosa eglanteria var. villosa (L.) Lam.
- Rosa franzonii Christ
- Rosa friburgensis Lagger & Puget
- Rosa gaudinii Puget ex Déségl.
- Rosa glutinosa Dematra
- Rosa gombensis Lagger & Puget
- Rosa grenieri Déségl.
- Rosa heldreichii Boiss. & Reut.
- Rosa ledebourii Spreng.
- Rosa leeana (Sweet) Sweet
- Rosa lesurina H.J.Coste & Soulié
- Rosa longicruris (Christ) Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Rosa longicruris var. godroniana Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Rosa longicruris var. gombensis (Lagger & Puget) Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Rosa longicruris var. lesurina (H.J.Coste & Soulié) Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Rosa longicruris var. microphylla Crép. ex Rouy
- Rosa longicruris var. typica Rouy & E.G.Camus
- Rosa longisepala Ravaud
- Rosa minuta (A.Rau) Boreau ex Déségl.
- Rosa mollibahusiensis (Almq.) Almq.
- Rosa mollis f. badalianae Pau
- Rosa mollis f. glandulosa Wolley-Dod
- Rosa mollis var. arduennensis (Crép.) Fonsny & Collard
- Rosa mollis var. coerulescens Schmalh.
and 204 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 58 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cenaida, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Andrea Gobetti, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Manfred Heyde, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Spedona, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Spedona, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.