Ontario Trees & Shrubs website

Prickly Wild Rose
Rosa acicularis

Prickly Wild Rose (Rosa acicularis) Other common names: Bristly Rose, Prickly Rose

Other scientific names: Rosa engelmanni, Rosa sayi

French names: Rosier aciculaire

Family: Rose Family (Rosaceae)

Group: Roses

Distinctive features: Shrub

Flowers: Red/Pink;  5 parts (petals)

Habitat: Fields and Open Areas

Books: Shrubs of Ontario: 215   

Native/Non-native: Native

Photographs: 113 photographs available, of which 5 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

Range Map is at the bottom of the page

Prickly Wild Rose (Rosa acicularis)

Prickly Wild Rose flowers.

Prickly Wild Rose (Rosa acicularis)

Upper surface of Prickly Wild Rose leaf.

Prickly Wild Rose (Rosa acicularis)

Underside of leaf.

Prickly Wild Rose (Rosa acicularis)

Prickly Wild Rose has a very prickly stem.

Prickly Wild Rose (Rosa acicularis)

A group of Prickly Wild Rose shrubs.


Range map for Prickly Wild Rose (Rosa acicularis)

PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.

(Range map provided courtesy of the USDA website and is displayed here in accordance with their Policies)