Rosa bracteata, commonly known as the Macartney rose, is a species of rose native to southern China and Taiwan that has become invasive in parts of the United States following its introduction as an ornamental plant. It is the only wild species in the section Bracteatae of the genus Rosa. In 2026, a chromosome-scale genome assembly of Rosa bracteata was published, providing a genomic resource for rose evolution and breeding studies.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Macartney's rose being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
- Species
- Rosa bracteata
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