A rose belonging to a distinct species and not to one of the many varieties produced by hybridization.
 Example sentencesExamples
-  Species roses are those that occurred naturally thousands, or even millions, of years ago.
 -  I'm a big fan of wild and species roses.
 -  Let's start asking for more species roses at the garden center because they are easy.
 -  Shrub and species roses require little or no pest control.