Taxon: Rosa acicularis Lindl.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Rosa acicularis subsp. acicularis (no accessions)
• Rosa acicularis subsp. acicularis var. nipponensis (no accessions)
• Rosa acicularis subsp. sayi (1 accessions)

Common names:

• prickly rose   (Source: Native Pl Database ) – English
  
• ci qiang wei   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• finnros   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Kamchatka, Primorye
  China: China - Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu; Korea
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Finland; Sweden
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part, Karelia, Murmansk
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory; United States - Alaska
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [n.w.], Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico

References:

• Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Davis, R. 1952. Flora of Idaho.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• University of Texas at Austin, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Native Plant Information Network database (on-line resource).
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Rosa acicularis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Rosa acicularis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Rosa acicularis.

Synonyms:

• Rosa acicularis var. bourgeauiana Crép. [= Rosa acicularis subsp. sayi]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Rosa acicularis var. engelmannii (S. Watson) Crép. ex Rehder [= Rosa acicularis subsp. sayi]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Rosa acicularis var. gmelinii (Bunge) C. A. Mey. [= Rosa acicularis subsp. acicularis]
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• Rosa acicularis var. sayiana Erlanson [= Rosa acicularis subsp. sayi]
  
• Rosa acicularis var. setacea Liou [= Rosa acicularis subsp. acicularis]
  
• "Rosa baicalensis Turcz. ex Besser, nom. nud." [= Rosa acicularis subsp. acicularis]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• Rosa carelica Fr. [= Rosa acicularis subsp. acicularis]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Rosa gmelinii Bunge [= Rosa acicularis subsp. acicularis]
  
• Rosa nipponensis Crép. [≡ Rosa acicularis subsp. acicularis var. nipponensis]
  

Check other web resources for Rosa acicularis Lindl.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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