Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rosa palustris
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Rosa palustris
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rosa obtusiuscula
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rosa palustris
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
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 obtusiuscula
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa palustris
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 (Lance).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm060709_010
July Tazewell County VA
Roadside
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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 (Nelson, 2006).
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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 (Lance).
COMPARE
leaves of Carolina Rose and Swamp Rose
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Becky Dill gly_rosapalustris0
September NC
Prickles stout, curved and hooked, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Becky Dill gly_rosapalustris2
September NC
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rosa palustris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa palustris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rosa palustris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Rosa palustris
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rosa obtusiuscula
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rosa palustris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
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 obtusiuscula
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa palustris
1260
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Swamp forests, bogs, fens, seeps, streamsides, tidal swamps, beaver ponds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain, NC Piedmont & Carolina Mountains (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA & SC)
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
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Hip
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p103
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p085
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p258
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p325
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p260
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p467
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p069
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p316
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p100
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p113
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p315
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p121
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p154
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p10
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p304
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