The rose is a type of flowering shrub . Its name comes from the Latin word Rosa . [1] The flowers of the rose grow in many different colors, from the well-known red rose or yellow roses and sometimes white or purple roses. Roses belong to the family of plants called Rosaceae . All roses were originally wild and they come from several parts of the world, North America , Europe , northwest Africa and many parts of Asia and Oceania . There are over 100 different species of roses. The wild rose species can be grown in gardens, but most garden roses are cultivars , which have been chosen by people. [2]