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Rosa arkansana
Also called Arkansas Rose, Low Wild Rose, Wild Prairie Rose, Prairie Wildrose, Wild Rose
Prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) is a low, suckering perennial wild rose native to the North American prairies, grown as an ornamental and valued by pollinators. It is hardy and tolerant of drought and cold, needing full sun and well-drained soil.
Rosa arkansana, the prairie rose or wild prairie rose, is a species of rose native to a large area of central North America, between the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains from Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan south to New Mexico, Texas and Indiana.
There are two varieties:
Rosa arkansana is grown as an ornamental plant, and has become naturalized in parts of Massachusetts, New York, and North Dakota.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rosa arkansana 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.
