Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rosa setigera
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Climbing Prairie Rose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa setigera
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rosa setigera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Rosa setigera
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rosa setigera var. setigera
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rosa setigera var. tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-001:
Rosa setigera FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa setigera
COMMON NAME:
Ozark Rose, Climbing Prairie Rose
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rose2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_rose2_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_rose2_005_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rosa_setigera_2
May
Tolerant of a wide range of moisture conditions from moist to drought, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_setigera_mchx_6
June
The 5 wide petals are about 1" long and notched at the tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rosa setigera
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa setigera
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rosa setigera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Rosa setigera
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rosa setigera var. setigera
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rosa setigera var. tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-001:
Rosa setigera
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa setigera
1261
Vine-like shrub
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: Dry-mesic to mesic upland forests and woodlands, prairies, bluffs, bottomland and riparian forests, stream banks, pastures, old fields, roadsides; nativity uncertain in portions of our area, per Weakley's Flora
Native to parts of North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems armed with prickles at the nodes and along the internodes
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 3(5) leaflets
Alternate
Stipules conspicuous, narrow, entire or remotely toothed, mostly adnate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink to rose-purplish
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Hip
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p085
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p259
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p144
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p111
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p068
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p318
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p121
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p155
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p302
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