Taxon: Rosa arkansana Porter

Common names:

• prairie rose   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• arkansasros   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (for making tea fide L Edible Pl)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Human food: fruit   (fide L Edible Pl)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana [c.], Michigan
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [n.], Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri [n. & w.], Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [e.], Montana [e.], Wyoming [e.]
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [n.-c.], Texas

• also cultivated

References:

• 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).
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Eilers, L. J. & D. M. Roosa. 1994. The vascular plants of Iowa.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Harrington, H. 1954. Manual of the plants of Colorado.
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. [with two varieties].
• Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• 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.
• Mitchell, R. S., ed. 1986. A checklist of New York state plants. New York State Mus. Bull. 458.
• Moss, E. H. & J. G. Packer. 1983. Flora of Alberta, ed. 2.
• Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas.
• Saakov, S. G. & D. Rieksta. 1973. Rozy. 94.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Rosa arkansana.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Rosa arkansana.

Synonyms:

• (=) Rosa heliophila var. alba (Rehder) Rehder
  

Check other web resources for Rosa arkansana Porter:

• 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
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Rosa arkansana cultivars
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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