...Wet
...Moist
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Swamp Rose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
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
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Rose
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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.