Wild Prickly Rose
Rosa acicularis
Rosaceae · broadleaf deciduous shrub · native
Last updated
Quick Facts
Height
1–4 ft
Light
Full Sun to Shade
Soil
Moist
Water
Moderate
Hardiness
Zone Zones 1a–8b
Origin
is circumpolar in the boreal forest region, from Alaska
Watch for this season
Black SpotHigh
Primary Infection
Downy MildewHigh
Spring New Growth - Early Infection Window
RustHigh
Aecial Stage (Alternate Host)
Root Colonization Period
+ 8 more — see full disease and pest lists below
Diseases: Regionally Documented (25)
Raspberry bushy dwarf virus and related viruses Virus Multiple genera (Melampsoridium, Thekopsora, Naohidemyces... Rust Multiple obligate biotrophic fungi (Erysiphales: Erysipha... Powdery Mildew Multiple obligate oomycetes (Peronosporaceae); species ar... Downy Mildew Rhizobium radiobacter (formerly Agrobacterium tumefaciens) Crown Gall Coniothyrium wernsdorffiae and Paraconiothyrium fuckelii Common canker Kalmusia coniothorium Brand canker Botrytis Bud and Twig Blight [NOTE: Diplocarpon rosae causes black spot on roses (Rosa... Black Spot Chlaropsis thielavioides Black Mold Armillaria spp. — primarily A Armillaria Root Rot Bacterial Cane Blight Bacterial Leaf Spot and Blast Two fungi Brand and Common Canker Cryptosporella umbrina (anamorph: Diaporthe umbrina) Brown Canker Chemical Injury Several fungal (primarily Rosisphaerella rosicola/Cercosp... Leaf Spots, Miscellaneous Lime-induced Chlorosis Phytophthora spp. (P Phytophthora Root Rot Pythium spp., Phytophthora spp., Rhizoctonia spp., Fusari... Replant Disease Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV), Apple mosaic viru... Rose Mosaic Verticillium dahliae Verticillium Wilt Blueberry mosaic virus and related viruses Virus Diseases Winter Injury Various plant-parasitic nematode genera Nematodes
Pests: Regionally Documented (22)
Diabrotica undecimpunctata Western spotted cucumber beetle Chloridea virescens Tobacco budworm Thysanoptera Thrips Tetranychidae Spider mite Endelomyia aethiops Roseslug Dasineura rhodophaga Rose midge Edwardsiana rosae Rose leafhopper Diplolepis rosae Rose galls Macrosiphum rosae Rose aphid Otiorhynchus spp. Root weevil Schizura concinna Redhumped caterpillar Tortricidae Leafroller Megachile spp. Leafcutting bee Aphidoidea Aphid Hyphantria cunea Fall webworm Cynipidae Gall wasp Cane maggot Merhynchites bicolor Rose curculio Marmara spp. Rose stem miner Ceratina spp. Small carpenter bee Malacosoma spp. Tent caterpillar Rose thrips
Data Maturity Structured Multiple sources. Expert review underway.