Rosaceae
White rose of York
Rosa × alba
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- White rose of York
Synonyms
- Crepinia collina (Jacq.) Gand.
- Rosa alba f. suaveolens Dieck
- Rosa alba unranked coelestris A.Dupont ex Thory
- Rosa alba unranked corymbosa Thory
- Rosa alba unranked cymbifolia Thory
- Rosa alba unranked foliacea Thory
- Rosa alba unranked inermis A.Dupont ex Thory
- Rosa alba unranked plena Rössig
- Rosa alba unranked regalis Thory
- Rosa alba unranked semiduplex Andrews
- Rosa alba unranked semiplena Thory
- Rosa alba var. campaniformis Ser.
- Rosa alba var. cymbifolia (Redouté & Thory) Heinr.Braun
- Rosa alba var. florepleno Andrews
- Rosa alba var. incarnata (Mill.) Weston
- Rosa alba var. leeana Sweet
- Rosa alba var. multiplex Ser.
- Rosa alba var. rubicunda Rössig
- Rosa alba var. semiplena Ser.
- Rosa alba var. suaveolens (Dieck) Rehder
- Rosa alba var. tenuisepala Heinr.Braun
- Rosa alba var. typica Heinr.Braun
- Rosa alba var. vulgaris Ser.
- Rosa andegavensis unranked collina (Jacq.) Ducommun
- Rosa boreykiana Déségl.
- Rosa canina f. collina (Jacq.) Batt.
- Rosa canina subsp. collina (Jacq.) Fr.
- Rosa canina var. collina (Jacq.) Ser.
- Rosa canina var. hortensis Griess.
- Rosa christii Wiesb.
- Rosa collina Jacq.
- Rosa collina f. catarractarum Borbás
- Rosa collina f. denticulata Borbás
- Rosa collina f. megalantha Borbás & Wiesb.
- Rosa collina f. oberbergensis Hanausek
- Rosa collina subsp. alba (L.) Čelak.
- Rosa collina subsp. saxatilis (Steven ex M.Bieb.) Nyman
- Rosa collina unranked monsoniana Thory
- Rosa collina var. archetypa Dumort.
- Rosa collina var. boreykiana (Besser) Heinr.Braun
and 23 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
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: S. Rae from Scotland, UK, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nemracc, 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, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.