Rosa persicaMichaut ex Juss.

WFO wfo-0001004774 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rosa persica, photographed by Вячеслав Юсупов
fig. a Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-21 / obs. 201072204
Rosa persica, photographed by Вячеслав Юсупов
fig. b Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201075860
Rosa persica, photographed by Вячеслав Юсупов
fig. c Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201071696
Rosa persica, photographed by Samantha Bazan
fig. d Samantha Bazan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200456865
Rosa persica, photographed by Andrew Bazdyrev
fig. e Andrew Bazdyrev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134538187
Rosa persica, photographed by desertnaturalist
fig. f desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66064083
Rosa persica, photographed by Вячеслав Юсупов
fig. g Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 38688797
Rosa persica, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. h Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50016106

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Rosa persica is native: Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang AfghanistanIranKazakhstanKirgizstanTadzhikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanXinjiang
Native distribution of Rosa persica, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Tadzhikistan TZK
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX

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 15 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.

  • Hulthemia berberifolia (Pall.) Dumort.
  • Hulthemia persica (Michx. ex Juss.) Bornm.
  • Lowea berberifolia Lindl.
  • Lowea berberifolia var. glabra (Ser.) Loudon
  • Lowea berberifolia var. redouteana (Ser.) Loudon
  • Lowea berberifolia var. velutina (Ser.) Loudon
  • Rhodopsis berberifolia Ledeb. ex Dippel
  • Rosa berberifolia Pall.
  • Rosa berberifolia var. glabra Ser.
  • Rosa berberifolia var. redouteana Ser.
  • Rosa berberifolia var. velutina Ser.
  • Rosa monophylla Dum.Cours.
  • Rosa persica J.F.Gmel.
  • Rosa persica var. lutea H.Jaeger
  • Rosa simplicifolia Salisb.

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. 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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