Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Rosa carolina ssp. carolina
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Carolina Rose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa carolina var. carolina
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Rosa carolina
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-012:
Rosa carolina
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa carolina
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa lyoni
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa serrulata
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Rose
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JK Marlow jkm0504s_19
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Spherical, fleshy rose hip about 1cm wide; sepals present or not at end, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Judy Gordon jeg_rosacarolina
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Two prominent stipules at leaf base, each terminating in a pointed tip, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm0305s_17
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
The 1-4" leaves have 3-9 toothed leaflets, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm080517_156
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Five pink petals subtend a showy congested mass of stamens and pistils, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm0506b_37
June Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm0506c_02
June Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Armed w sharp, mostly straight prickles at right angles to stem & branches, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm080726_118
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves with 5-9 coarsely toothed leaflets, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
COMPARE
leaves of Carolina Rose and Swamp Rose
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JK Marlow jkm080726_121
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Stems with straight needle-like prickles, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Rosa carolina ssp. carolina
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa carolina var. carolina
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Rosa carolina
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-012:
Rosa carolina
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa carolina
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa lyoni
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa serrulata
1256
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Habitat: Upland forests, woodlands, pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems armed with many small prickles along the internodes
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-9 leaflets
Alternate
Stipules conspicuous, entire, ciliate, often glandular-ciliate, mostly adnate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Hip
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p102
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p380
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p085
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p258
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p216
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p069
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p316
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p168
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p113
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p121
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p153
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p10
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p308
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p304
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p331