Pollinator plant

Silky Rose

Rosa sericea

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Common names

11 names · 10 languages
EnglishYour language
  • Mount Omei rose
  • Silky Rose[1][2]
Other languages (9)
Chinese (Simplified)
  • 绢毛蔷薇[2]
Chinese (Traditional)
  • 絹毛薔薇[2]
Czech
  • růže hedvábitá[2]
Danish
Finnish
  • silkkiruusu[2]
Russian
  • Шиповник шелковистый[2]
Slovak
  • ruža hodvábna[2]
Swedish
  • västlig fyrtalsros[2]
Turkish
  • Ipeksi Gül[2]
Sources & name notes (2)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Rosa sericea — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy. This is a common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Silky Rose — results[1].names[1]; taxon id 447809; Rosa sericea.
[2] Rosa sericea — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Silky Rose — results[23].names[1]; taxon id 447809; Rosa sericea.
  • růže hedvábitá — results[23].names[2]; taxon id 447809; Rosa sericea.
  • 绢毛蔷薇 — results[23].names[3]; taxon id 447809; Rosa sericea.
  • 絹毛薔薇 — results[23].names[4]; taxon id 447809; Rosa sericea.
  • västlig fyrtalsros — results[23].names[5]; taxon id 447809; Rosa sericea.
  • Шиповник шелковистый — results[23].names[6]; taxon id 447809; Rosa sericea.
  • omeirose — results[23].names[7]; taxon id 447809; Rosa sericea.
  • Ipeksi Gül — results[23].names[8]; taxon id 447809; Rosa sericea.
  • silkkiruusu — results[23].names[9]; taxon id 447809; Rosa sericea.
  • ruža hodvábna — results[23].names[10]; taxon id 447809; Rosa sericea.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Taxonomy
Rosa sericea is an accepted species in Catalogue of Life.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.

Sources [1]
Botanical family
Rosaceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.

Sources [1]
Pollinator guidance
RHS includes Rosa species in its Plants for Pollinators guidance.

Genus-level guidance, not a rating for this individual species or a particular cultivar. RHS planting guidance. Choose accessible flowers with pollen and nectar; reduced-resource and double-flowered forms may be unsuitable.

Sources [2] [3] [4]
Native range
Himalaya to SC. China and N. Myanmar.

Explicit native locality records in Kew WCVP v16; introduced and doubtful distributions excluded. Continent conversion follows the documented geographic mapping.

Sources [5]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

High suitability
Nectar value Unknown
Pollen value High
Plant profile

About this plant

Mount Omei rose (Rosa sericea) is a shrub. It flowers in May.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Rosa sericea — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: TaxonomyBotanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 1156043; ID 4TDZ7; rank species; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 1156043; ID 4TDZ7; rank species; status accepted

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Plants Of The World

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 2, column 1, entry Rosa species (top 277 pt)

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  3. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Wildflowers

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 2, column 2, entry Rosa species (top 547 pt)

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  4. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Garden Plants

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 4, column 2, entry Rosa species (top 592 pt)

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  5. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Rosa sericea — Kew WCVP native distribution

    Native distribution and taxonomic treatment from the official WCVP v16 export (4 June 2026). The link opens the corresponding POWO taxon. Source rows are retained in the native-range audit archive.

    Supports: Native range
    Relevant sections
    • Native range: WCVP v16; wcvp_names.csv lines 369737; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 1532150, 1532151, 1532152, 1532153, 1532154, 1532155, 1532156

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    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.