Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rosa lucieae
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Memorial Rose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa wichuraiana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Rosa luciae
INCLUDING (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-004:
Rosa wichuriana FAMILY Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Memorial Rose, Dorothy Perkins Rose, Lucie Rose
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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 (Lance, 2004).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rosa_wichurianaa
July
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rosa lucieae
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa wichuraiana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Rosa luciae
INCLUDING (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-004:
Rosa wichuriana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
1264
Trailing or vine-like shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Roadbanks, railroad embankments, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: east Asia
Uncommon (rare in GA Mountains & Coastal Plain)
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; prickles present and bristles absent 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
Bisexual
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 (Foote & Jones, 1989) p068
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p10
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p301
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