| Scientific Name: | Rosa rugosa |
| Common Name: | rugosa rose |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Irregular, Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Attract beneficial insects, Cut flower or foliage, Erosion control, Fragrance, Group or mass planting, Hedge row, Perennial border, Security/barrier |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Rocky or gravelly or dry |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Leathery, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Rugose, Pubescent, Odd-pinnate, Elliptic, Oblong, Serrate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Violet, Pink, Magenta, Red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Achene, Edible, (Accessory tissue), Orange, Red, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Large, vase-shaped shrub with stems covered in densely spaced prickles of various sizes (most 3-11mm long), and straighter and narrower to base than most other roses; leaves alternate, heavily veined, rugose, pinnately compound, 8-15cm long, stipules adnate (typical of roses), leaflets (5-)7(-9), elliptic-oblong, most 5-7cm long x 2-4cm wide, rugose (deeply wrinkled), glossy, dark green, undersides slightly pubescent, margin serrulate; flowers solitary, most 5-9cm wide, 5-many petals, white, pink-red-magenta. | |