Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Rosa ×damascena [gallica × moschata]
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Damask Rose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa ×damascena
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-007:
Rosa damascena
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Damask Rose
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Rosa ×damascena [gallica × moschata]
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa ×damascena
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-007:
Rosa damascena
FAMILY
Rosaceae
4260
Shrub
Perennial
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Waif(s)
Look for it in disturbed areas (it can be persistent after cultivation), 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:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5(7) leaflets
Alternate
Stipules conspicuous, ciliate, occasionally few stipitate glands, mostly adnate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Hip
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