Identification

• Flowers in the Rosaceae family are symmetrical with 5 large petals and 5 sepals each. Depending on the species, the flowers are nearly every shade of color.
  
  

Shape

• The petals grow separately, but are attached to a base that forms a floral cup-like blossom.
  
  

Time Frame

• Plants in the Rosaceae family are perennials, which are plants that grow year to year from the same plant.
  
  

Significance

• Rosaceae family is an important source for fruit and ornamental plants used in gardens and landscapes.
  
  

Types

• Plants that belong in the same family as the rose bush are strawberries, raspberries, cherries, spirea, cotoneaster, apple trees, firethorn, hawthorn, pears, quinces and loquats.