Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rosa luciae
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Memorial Rose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa wichuraiana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-004:
Rosa wichuraiana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Memorial Rose, Dorothy Perkins Rose, Lucie Rose
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm0305w_20
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaflets 5-9, lustrous, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm0305w_25
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
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Roxanna Martin rlm51411_72
May Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm51411_74
May Spartanburg County SC
Flowers 1.5-2.5cm in diameter, petals single or double, per Weakley's Flora.
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Roxanna Martin rlm51411_81
May Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm5711_121
May Spartanburg County SC
Sepals triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous to puberulent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rosa_wichurianaa
July
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rosa luciae
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa wichuraiana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-004:
Rosa wichuraiana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
1264
Shrub
Perennial
Non-native: east Asia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon
Look for it on roadbanks, railroad embankments, disturbed areas, 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.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems armed with many small prickles along the internodes
LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen
Odd-pinnately compound: 7-9 leaflets
Alternate
Stipules conspicuous, serrate or dentate to pectinate, mostly adnate to petiole
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink/ White
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!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p068
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p10
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p301