Rosa arkansana

Taxobox
name = "Rosa arkansana"

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
subfamilia = Rosoideae
genus = "Rosa"
species = "R. arkansana"
binomial = "Rosa arkansana"
binomial_authority = Porter

"Rosa arkansana" (Prairie Rose or Wild Prairie Rose; syn. "R. pratincola", "R. suffulta", "R. suffulta" var. "relicta") is a species of rose native to a large area of central North America, between the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains from Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan south to New Mexico, Texas and Indiana.There are two varieties:
*"Rosa arkansana" var. "arkansana"
*"Rosa arkansana" var. "suffulta" (Greene) Cockerell

The name "Rosa arkansana" comes from the Arkansas River in Colorado. The species' wide distribution and consequent genetic drift has led to an extensive synonymy.

The name Prairie Rose is also sometimes applied to "Rosa blanda", also known as the Meadow Rose or Smooth Rose, which is also widely spread, but somewhat further to the north.

ymbolism and cultivation

Wild Prairie Rose is the state flower of the U.S. states of Iowa and North Dakota. In Iowa, convention states the species is "Rosa pratincola" (currently treated as a synonym of "Rosa arkansana"). North Dakota, on the other hand, specifies either "Rosa arkansana" or "Rosa blanda". Alberta's "wild rose" is "Rosa acicularis".

It is grown as an ornamental plant, and has become naturalized in parts of Massachusetts, New York, and North Dakota.

References

* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?32081 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Rosa arkansana"]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ROAR3 USDA Plants Profile: "Rosa arkansana"]
* [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Rosa+arkansana Plants for a Future: "Rosa arkansana"]
* [http://www.legis.nd.gov/dtsearch/dtsearch_paging.asp?cmd=getdoc&maxSize=200000&DocId=43717&Index=e%3a%5cdtSearch%5cUserData%5clr%2dall&HitCount=2&hits=312+313+&hc=8&req=state+flower North Dakota Legislative Branch: State emblems, symbols and awards]