NameThatPlant.net: Rosa palustris

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rosa palustris FAMILY Rosaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Swamp Rose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa palustris FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Rosa obtusiuscula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Rosa palustris

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-011:
Rosa palustris FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa floridana

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa lancifolia

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa palustris

COMMON NAME:
Swamp Rose

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May Pender County NC

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May Haywood County NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Stipule margin entire to ciliate [not fringed], per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.

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July Rutherford County NC

Chimney Rock Park

Sepals lanceolate, 2-3cm long, long-caudate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

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July Tazewell County VA

Roadside

Prickles stout, curved and hooked [need a good picture of them!], per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.

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July

Swamp Rose and Carolina Rose have almost identical flowers, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.

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July Tazewell County VA

Roadside

Leaves with 5 to 9 finely toothed leaflets, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.

COMPARE leaves of Carolina Rose and Swamp Rose

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October Greenville County SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

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December Pender County NC

Hips red, ovoid or slightly pyriform [pear-shaped], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rosa palustris FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa palustris FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Rosa obtusiuscula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Rosa palustris

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-011:
Rosa palustris FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa floridana

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa lancifolia

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa palustris

1260

Shrub
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain, NC Piedmont & Carolina Mountains (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA & SC)

Habitat: Swamp forests, bogs, fens, seeps, streamsides, tidal swamps, beaver ponds, per Weakley's Flora

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Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Hip

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