Wild Rose is the common name of certain flowering shrubs:
- Genus Rosa:
- Rosa acicularis, Wild Rose, a rose species which occurs in Asia, Europe, and North America
- Rosa arkansana, Wild Prairie Rose, a rose species native to a large area of central North America
- Rosa canina, Wild Rose or Dog Rose, a climbing rose species native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia
- Rosa virginiana, Virginia Rose, a rose species native to the United States
- and others, see List of Rosa species
- Genus Diplolaena:
- Diplolaena grandiflora, an Australian flowering shrub
Wild Rose may also refer to:
Read more about Wild Rose: Places, Art, Literature, Music, Politics, Beverages, Television, Ships
Famous quotes containing the words wild rose, wild and/or rose:
“Wild roses, at your back porch, break their blood,
And bud to test surprises of sea air,”
—Howard Moss (b. 1922)
“After which you led me to water
And bade me drink, which I did, owing to your kindness.
You would not let me out for two days and three nights,
Bringing me books bound in wild thyme and scented wild grasses
As if reading had any interest for me ...”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick.”
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809)