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Desert Plant Guide currently contains detailed information for 55 desert plants, 28 gardening definitions, 10,663 Latin desert plant names, 18 desert garden articles, 51 desert garden blog entries and 175 desert plant images.
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Rosa arkansana - Arkansas Rose
USDA Hardiness zones: 4-11
Rose type: Wild
Rose color: Medium Pink
Characteristics: The Arkansas Rose is a small shrub with stems that reach up to 2 feet. It's multi-stemmed with thin thorns. The thin stems die off every year but are quickly replaced next season. Elliptical leaves are bright green. The delicate flowers are small, only about 1" across. A hardier version of this shrub is the Rosa acicularis nipponensis which has larger but similar flowers.
Parentage: N/A
Native: North America
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The Arkansas Rose has tiny, delicate clusters of flowers.