Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rosa palustris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-011:
Rosa palustris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Rose
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_ropa_003_lvd
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Alistair Glen gwn_rosapalutrisfl
May Pender County NC
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JK Marlow jkm160516_731
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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JK Marlow jkm0307c_12
July Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Sepals lanceolate, 2-3cm long, long-caudate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm060709_010
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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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_palustris_swmp3
July
Swamp Rose and Carolina Rose have almost identical flowers, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow s060709_a
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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JK Marlow jkm0406m_27
October Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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Alistair Glen gwn_rosapalustris
December Pender County NC
Hips red, ovoid or slightly pyriform [pear-shaped], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rosa palustris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa palustris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Rosa obtusiuscula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-011:
Rosa palustris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
1260
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in swamp forests, bogs, streamsides, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p103
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p085
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p258
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p325
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p069
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p316
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p100
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p092
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p113
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p121
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p154
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p10
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p304