Ontario Trees & Shrubs website

Prairie Rose
(Rosa setigera)

Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera) Other common names: Climbing Rose

Family: Rose Family (Rosaceae)

Group: Roses

Distinctive features: Shrub

Flowers: Summer;  White;  5 parts (petals)

Leaves: Compound, Toothed

Habitat: Fields and Open Areas

Books: Shrubs of Ontario: 225    Newcomb's Wildflower Guide: 318   

Native/Non-native: Native

For more information visit: Ontario Wildflowers

Photographs: 31 photographs available, of which 7 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

Range Map is at the bottom of the page
  

Trees and Shrubs       Roses

Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera)

 Prairie Rose flower buds.
(Sorry, no photos of the flowers yet!).

Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera)

 A Prairie Rose leaf.

Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera)

 Thorns along the stem.

Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera)

Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera)

 A Prairie Rose shrub.

Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera)

 Prairie Rose fruit ripening.

Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera)

 Prairie Rose is quite rare in Ontario.
  

Trees and Shrubs       Roses

Range map for Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera)

PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.

(Range map provided courtesy of the USDA website and is displayed here in accordance with their Policies)

 

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