Rosaceae: Wildflowers of the Rose Family. Pictures and help with wildflower Identification from Thomas J. Elpel, author of Botany in a Day. The easy way to identify flowers.

Plants of the Rose Family

Subfamilies of the Rose Family
Rose Subfamily | Spiraea Subfamily | Plum Subfamily | Apple Subfamily

Rose Subfamily
These members of the Rose Family have numerous stamens and numerous styles.

Cerocarpus montanus. Mountain Mahogany. Photographed in Red Rocks Park, Colorado. Common throughout the Rocky Mountains.	Botany in a Day
Dryas octopetala. Mountain Avens. An alpine plant. Photographed in the Bridger Mountains, near Bozeman, Montana.	Dryas octopetala. Mountain Avens. An alpine plant. Photographed in the Bridger Mountains, near Bozeman, Montana.
Fragaria vesca. Wild Strawberry. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.	Frageria virginiana. Wild Strawberry. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.
Geum macrophyllum. Yellow Avens. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.	Geum triflorum. Prairie Smoke. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.
Potentilla fruticosa. Shrubby Cinquefoil. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.	Potentilla fruticosa. Shrubby Cinquefoil. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.
Potentilla anserina. Silverweed Cinquefoil. Harrison Lake. Near Harrison, Montana.	Botany in a Day
Potentilla glandulosa. Sticky Cinquefoil. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.	Potentilla spp. Potentilla with bee. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.
Rosa spp. Wild Rose. Glacier National Park. Montana.	Rosa spp. Wild Rose. Glacier National Park. Montana.
Rosa spp. Wild Rose Hips. Pony, Montana.	Rosa spp. Wild roses were colonizing the banks of this new road until the Forest Service sprayed the roadside with Tordon to kill weeds. Pony, Montana.
Rubus parviflorus. Thimble Berry. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.	Rubus parviflorus. Thimble Berry. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.

-Also see these West Coast members of the Rose Family/Rose Subfamily-

Rubus spp. Blackberry Flowers. Photographed along the northern California coast.
Rubus spp. Blackberries. Photographed along the northern California coast.

Spiraea Subfamily

Spirea betulifolia. Birch Leaf Spiraea. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.

Spiraea betulifolia. Birch Leaf Spirea. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.

Physocarpus malvaceus. Ninebark. A common shrub in Rocky Mountain forests.

Physocarpus malvaceus. Ninebark. A common shrub in Rocky Mountain forests.

Plum Subfamily

Prunus virginiana. Chokecherry. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.

Prunus virginiana. Chokecherry with tent caterpillars. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.

Apple Subfamily

Amelanchier alnifolia. Serviceberry. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.

Crataegus douglasii. Black Hawthorn. Cultivated in Pony, Montana. Transplanted to our yard from Idaho.

Pyracantha spp. Pyracantha. An ornamental shrub. Lake Mead. Nevada.

Pyracantha spp. Pyracantha. An ornamental shrub. Lake Mead. Nevada.

Botany in a Day

Sorbus scopulina. Mountain Ash. Near Glacier National Park. Montana.

-Also see these members of the Rose Family/Apple Subfamily-

Amelanchier utahensis. Utah Serviceberry: whole bush. Photographed at Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona.
Amelanchier utahensis. Utah Serviceberry: flowers. Photographed at Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona.

There are more
Rose Family pictures
at the Texas A&M Biometrics Experimental Database.

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