Minnesota Seasons - prairie rose


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Rosa arkansana

Taxonomy	Family:	Rosaceae (rose)
	Subfamily:	Rosoideae
	Tribe:	Roseae
	Genus:	Rosa
	Subgenus:	Rosa
	Section:	Rosa
Subordinate Taxa	prairie rose (Rosa arkansana var. arkansana) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana var. suffulta)
Nativity	Native

Identification	See the varieties for identifying information.

Range			Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8.

Sightings	Afton State Park Blanket Flower Prairie SNA Blue Mounds State Park Bunker Hills Regional Park Chippewa Prairie Clinton Prairie SNA Cottonwood River Prairie SNA Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Des Moines River Prairie SNA Glynn Prairie SNA Grey Cloud Dunes SNA Hastings Sand Coulee SNA Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie Holthe Prairie SNA Iron Horse Prairie SNA Joseph A. Tauer Prairie SNA Kasota Prairie SNA Kellogg-Weaver Dunes SNA Kellogg-Weaver Unit Lake Bronson State Park Long Meadow Lake Lundblad Prairie SNA			Mound Spring Prairie SNA Nelson Wildlife Sanctuary Old Mill State Park Ordway Prairie OronocoPrairie SNA Osmundson Prairie SNA Ottawa Bluffs Preserve Ottertail Prairie SNA Pankratz Memorial Prairie North Unit Racine Prairie SNA Red Rock Prairie Regal Meadow Rice Lake Savanna SNA Rock Ridge Prairie SNA Roscoe Prairie SNA St. Croix Savanna SNA Schaefer Prairie Sedan Brook Prairie SNA Staffanson Prairie Strandness Prairie Uncas Dunes SNA Wahpeton Prairie WMA Western Prairie SNA Yellow Bank Hills SNA Zimmerman Prairie

Comments	This is the state flower of North Dakota.

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Synonyms	Rosa alcea Rosa arkansana var. arkansana Rosa arkansana var. depressa Rosa arkansana var. suffulta Rosa arkansanoides Rosa blanda var. arkansana Rosa bushii Rosa conjuncta Rosa heliophila Rosa lunellii Rosa polyanthema Rosa pratincola Rosa ratonensis Rosa relicta Rosa rydbergii Rosa subglauca Rosa suffulta Rosa suffulta var. relicta Rosa virginiana var. arkansana

Common Names	Arkansas rose prairie rose prairie wildrose sunshine rose wild prairie rose wild rose wildrose