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Rosa abrica

Rosa abrica is a shrub rose native to Iran, closely related to Rosa foetida, with spreading flexible branches up to about 1.5 to 2 m tall and yellow flowers. Grow it like other species roses in a sunny, well-drained spot.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply during dry spells, letting the top few centimetres of soil dry between sessions.
Soil
Well-drained loam; tolerates alkaline soils typical of its dry native range.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C; protect young growth from late frosts.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Rosa abrica is a species of rose in the plant family Rosaceae, native to Iran.

Rosa abrica is described as being largely similar to Rosa foetida but different in several significant traits such as the number of leaves, corymb inflorescence, form of hairs and other characteristics.

Other Rosa plants

Chabertia elegans · Needle Rose · Abutalybov's Brier · Abyssinian Rose · Dog Rose · Prickly rose · Rosa adenophylla · Fieldbriar · Rosa alabukensis · White rose of York · Rosa alberti · Rosa alexeenkoi

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rosa abrica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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