Rosaceae
Virginia rose
Rosa virginiana
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- ورد فرجيني
- arz
- ورد فيرجينيانا
- Azerbaijani
- Virciniya itburnusu
- Chinese
- 弗吉尼蔷薇, 弗吉尼薔薇
- Danish
- Glansbladet Rose, Rose
- Dutch
- Virginische roos
- English
- Virginia rose, Glossy rose, Species rose, Common wild rose, Prairie rose
- Estonian
- Virgiinia kibuvits
- Finnish
- Kiiltoruusu
- French
- Rosier de Virginie
- German
- Virginische Rose
- Malayalam
- റോസ വിർജീനിയാന
- nds
- Virginische Roos
- Persian
- رز ویرجینیایی
- Punjabi
- ਜੰਗਲੀ ਗੁਲਾਬ ਵਰਜੀਨੀਆ
- Swedish
- Glansros
- Welsh
- Rhosyn Virginia
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Sakurai Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: magnolia1000 from Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benny Mazur from Toledo, OH, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.