NameThatPlant.net: Rosa virginiana ssp. virginiana

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa virginiana var. virginiana FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rosa virginiana ssp. virginiana

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Rosa virginiana

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa virginiana

COMMON NAME:
Virginia Rose

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image of Rosa virginiana ssp. virginiana, Virginia Rose

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September Hancock County ME

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Leaflets mostly 7-9, coarsely toothed. Stipules glandular, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.

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

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa virginiana var. virginiana FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rosa virginiana ssp. virginiana

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Rosa virginiana

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa virginiana

1263

Shrub
Perennial

Native north of the Carolinas

Rare

Habitat: Moist to dry forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems armed with many small prickles along the internodes

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 7-9 leaflets
Alternate
Stipules conspicuous, persistent, & adnate to the petiole

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Hip

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