Rosaceae
Yellow rose
Rosa xanthina
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- ورد أصفر
- arz
- ورد زانثينا, ورد هوجونيس
- Chinese
- 黃刺玫, 黄刺玫, 黄刺梅, 黄刺莓, 黄花蔷薇, 黃蔷薇, 黄蔷薇, 刺栗子
- Czech
- Růže Hugova
- Danish
- Hugos Rose
- English
- Yellow rose
- Esperanto
- Ĉina or-rozo
- Finnish
- Kultaruusu, Kiinankeltaruusu
- German
- Chinesische Dukatenrose, Chinesische Gold-Rose
- Hungarian
- Aranyló rózsa
- Swedish
- Gyllenros, Kinesisk gulros
- Uzbek
- Roza xanthina
Synonyms
- Rosa hugonis Hemsl.
- Rosa pimpinellifolia Bunge
- Rosa xanthina f. hugonis (Hemsl.) A.V.Roberts
- Rosa xanthina f. normalis Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Rosa xanthina f. spontanea Rehder
- Rosa xanthina f. xanthina
- Rosa xanthina var. pilosa Nakai
- Rosa xanthinoides Nakai
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: A. Barra, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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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
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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.