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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Rosa chinensis''
| image = Rosa chinensis petals.jpg
| image_width = 240 px
| image_caption = A double-flowered cultivar
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Rosoideae]]
| genus = ''[[Rose|Rosa]]''
| species = '''''R. chinensis'''''
| binomial = ''Rosa chinensis''
| binomial_authority = [[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin|Jacq.]]
}}
'''''Rosa chinensis''''', known commonly as the '''China Rose''' is a member of the genus ''[[rose|Rosa]]'' native to central [[China]] in [[Guizhou]], [[Hubei]], and [[Sichuan]].
It is a [[shrub]] growing to 1-2 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are pinnate, with 3-5 leaflets, each leaflet 2.5–6 cm long and 1–3 cm broad. In the wild species (sometimes listed as ''Rosa chinensis'' var. ''spontanea''), the flowers have five pink to red petals. The [[fruit]] is a red [[rose hip|hip]] 1-2 cm diameter.
===Uses===
The species is extensively cultivated in China as an [[ornamental plant]]; numerous [[cultivar]]s have been selected, with varying flower colour and usually an increased number of petals (semi-double or double flowers). The species is also important in the breeding of many modern garden roses, including the [[Hybrid Tea]] roses.
The flowers and fruits are used in [[traditional Chinese medicine]] (TCM) in the treatment of irregular and/or painful [[menstruation]], as well as swollen [[thyroid]].
==References==
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200011233 Flora of China: ''Rosa chinensis'']
*[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Rosa+chinensis Plants for a Future: ''Rosa chinensis'']
{{commons|Rosa chinensis}}
<gallery>
Image:Rosa chinensis 1795.jpg|18th century painting of two cultivars
</gallery>
[[Category:Roses]]
[[Category:Flora of China]]
[[Category:Flora of Asia]]
{{Rosales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Rosa chinensis''
| image = Rosa chinensis petals.jpg
| image_width = 240 px
| image_caption = A double-flowered cultivar
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Rosoideae]]
| genus = ''[[Rose|Rosa]]''
| species = '''''R. chinensis'''''
| binomial = ''Rosa chinensis''
| binomial_authority = [[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin|Jacq.]]
}}
'''''Rosa chinensis''''', known commonly as the '''China Rose''' is a member of the genus ''[[rose|Rosa]]'' native to central [[China]] in [[Guizhou]], [[Hubei]], and [[Sichuan]].
It is a [[shrub]] growing to 1-2 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are pinnate, with 3-5 leaflets, each leaflet 2.5–6 cm long and 1–3 cm broad. In the wild species (sometimes listed as ''Rosa chinensis'' var. ''spontanea''), the flowers have five pink to red petals. The [[fruit]] is a red [[rose hip|hip]] 1-2 cm diameter.
===Uses===
The species is extensively cultivated in China as an [[ornamental plant]]; numerous [[cultivar]]s have been selected, with varying flower colour and usually an increased number of petals (semi-double or double flowers). The species is also important in the breeding of many modern garden roses, including the [[Hybrid Tea]] roses.
The flowers and fruits are used in [[traditional Chinese medicine]] (TCM) in the treatment of irregular and/or painful [[menstruation]], as well as swollen [[thyroid]].
==References==
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200011233 Flora of China: ''Rosa chinensis'']
*[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Rosa+chinensis Plants for a Future: ''Rosa chinensis'']
{{commons|Rosa chinensis}}
<gallery>
Image:Rosa chinensis 1795.jpg|18th century painting of two cultivars
</gallery>
[[Category:Roses]]
[[Category:Flora of China]]
[[Category:Flora of Asia]]
{{Rosales-stub}}