Commercially available

• Arkansas Rose
• R. angustiarum
• Rosa angustiarum Cockerell
• Rosa arkansana Porter
• R. arkansanoides
• Rosa arkansanoides Schneider synonym
• Rosa blanda var. arkansana (Porter) synonym
• R. heliophila
• Rosa heliophila Greene
• Rosa lunellii Greene synonym
• R. rydbergii
• Rosa rydbergii Greene
• RSM 01

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Medium pink Species.

Discovered by Unknown (1880).

Species / Wild.  

Light pink to deep pink.  Also white.  up to 5 petals.  Average diameter 1.75".  Small to medium, single (4-8 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  

Arching, bushy, upright.  Medium, matte, medium green foliage.  7 to 11 leaflets.  
Height of 1' to 4' (30 to 120 cm).  Width of 3' (90 cm).

USDA zone 3a and warmer.  Vigorous.  

Tetraploid

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Section Cinnamomeae. This rose was named for the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado. Rosa arkansana was first described by Professor Thomas C. Porter as a result of plant collections made by the U.S. Geological Survey in Colorado from 1861 through 1873. See references.