Rosa blandaAiton

smooth rose

WFO wfo-0001006233 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rosa blanda, photographed by Brian Finzel
fig. a Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205650821
Rosa blanda, photographed by Liren Varghese
fig. b Liren Varghese, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163115617
Rosa blanda, photographed by Eric Schmidt
fig. c Eric Schmidt, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151134440
Rosa blanda, photographed by Henry "Nick" Robertson
fig. d Henry "Nick" Robertson, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 138910925
Rosa blanda, photographed by Simon Joly
fig. e Simon Joly, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134849572
Rosa blanda, photographed by Quinten Wiegersma
fig. f Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134733021
Rosa blanda, photographed by Rae Bosley
fig. g Rae Bosley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 133820237
Rosa blanda, photographed by Rae Bosley
fig. h Rae Bosley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 129899282

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Rosa blanda is native: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin ColoradoIllinoisIndianaIowaMaineManitobaMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMissouriNebraskaNew BrunswickNew HampshireNew YorkNorth DakotaNorthwest TerritoriesNova ScotiaOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaQuébecSaskatchewanSouth DakotaVermontWest VirginiaWisconsin Rhode I.
Native distribution of Rosa blanda, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Colorado COL NORTHERN AMERICA
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Iowa IOW
Maine MAI
Manitoba MAN
Maryland MRY
Massachusetts MAS
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
Missouri MSO
Nebraska NEB
New Brunswick NBR
New Hampshire NWH
New York NWY
North Dakota NDA
Northwest Territories NWT
Nova Scotia NSC
Ohio OHI
Ontario ONT
Pennsylvania PEN
Québec QUE
Rhode I. RHO
Saskatchewan SAS
South Dakota SDA
Vermont VER
West Virginia WVA
Wisconsin WIS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 34 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Rosa blanda f. alba (Schuette ex Erlanson) Fernald
  • Rosa blanda f. albinea (Fernald) Scoggan
  • Rosa blanda f. angustior Vict. & Roll.-Germ.
  • Rosa blanda f. carpohispida (Schuette) W.H.Lewis
  • Rosa blanda f. willmottiae Baker
  • Rosa blanda var. acicularioides (Schuette) Rosend. & Butters
  • Rosa blanda var. alba Schuette ex Erlanson
  • Rosa blanda var. blanda
  • Rosa blanda var. carpohispida Schuette
  • Rosa blanda var. glabra Crép.
  • Rosa blanda var. glandulosa Schuette
  • Rosa blanda var. hermannii Erlanson
  • Rosa blanda var. hispida Farw.
  • Rosa blanda var. nuda Schuette
  • Rosa blanda var. pubescens Crép.
  • Rosa blanda var. setigera Crép.
  • Rosa blanda var. subgeminata Schuette
  • Rosa blanda var. sublaevis Cockerell
  • Rosa blanda var. typica C.K.Schneid.
  • Rosa cinnamomea subsp. blanda (Aiton) Nyman
  • Rosa cinnamomea var. gemella (Willd.) Ser.
  • Rosa dasistema Raf.
  • Rosa fraxinea Willd.
  • Rosa fraxinifolia var. blanda (Aiton) Ser.

and 10 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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