{{Short description|Species of plant}}{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Speciesbox | image = Rosa laxa, Karkaralinskiy, Qaraghandy, Kazakhstan 519305074.jpg | image_caption = Flowers can be white or pink | image2 = Rosa laxa, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan 548537809.jpg | image2_caption = Sepals persist on the hips | genus = Rosa | species = laxa | authority = Retz. | synonyms_ref = <ref name="POWO_733084-1" /> | synonyms = {{Collapsible list| *''Rosa gebleriana'' {{small|Schrenk}} *''Rosa gebleriana'' var. ''glabra'' {{small|Trautv.}} *''Rosa gebleriana'' var. ''puberula'' {{small|Trautv.}} *''Rosa incana'' {{small|Falk}} *''Rosa kaschgarica'' {{small|Rupr.}} *''Rosa laxa'' var. ''alatavica'' {{small|Regel}} *''Rosa laxa'' var. ''glabra'' {{small|C.A.Mey.}} *''Rosa laxa'' var. ''incana'' {{small|Falk ex Wikstr.}} *''Rosa laxa'' var. ''karatavica'' {{small|Regel}} *''Rosa laxa'' var. ''kaschgarica'' {{small|(Rupr.) Y.L.Han}} *''Rosa laxa'' var. ''pubescens'' {{small|C.A.Mey.}} *''Rosa laxa'' var. ''sewerzowii'' {{small|Regel}} *''Rosa songarica'' {{small|Bunge}} *''Rosa songarica'' var. ''microcarpa'' {{small|Rupr.}} *''Rosa songarica'' var. ''puberula'' {{small|(Trautv.) Regel}} *''Rosa songarica'' var. ''typica'' {{small|Regelpubl.}} }}}}
'''''Rosa laxa'''''<!--Retz.--> is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae.<ref name="FoC_200011272" >{{cite web |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200011272 |title=疏花蔷薇 shu hua qiang wei |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2025 |website=Flora of China |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden & Harvard University Herbaria |access-date=20 September 2025 }}</ref> It is native to western Siberia, the Altai, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and northern China.<ref name="POWO_733084-1" >{{cite POWO |id=733084-1 |title=''Rosa laxa'' Retz. |access-date=20 September 2025 }}</ref> A shrub reaching {{cvt|2|m|ft|0}}, it is typically found in a variety of wetter habitats; ''Populus'' woodlands, scrublands, meadows, valleys, and riversides at elevations from {{cvt|500|to|1500|m}}.<ref name="FoC_200011272" />
==Subtaxa== The following varieties are currently accepted:<ref name=" POWO_733084-1" /> *''Rosa laxa'' var. ''laxa'' – entire range *''Rosa laxa'' var. ''mollis'' {{small|T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku}} – northern Xinjiang
==References== {{Reflist}}
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laxa Category:Flora of West Siberia Category:Flora of Altai (region) Category:Flora of Kazakhstan Category:Flora of Kyrgyzstan Category:Flora of Xinjiang Category:Flora of Inner Mongolia Category:Flora of Mongolia Category:Plants described in 1803
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