Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rosa carolina ssp. carolina
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Carolina Rose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa carolina var. carolina
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Rosa carolina
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-012:
Rosa carolina FAMILY Rosaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa carolina
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa lyoni
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa serrulata
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Rose
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JK Marlow jkm0504s_19
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Spherical, fleshy rose hip about 1cm wide; sepals present or not at end, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Judy Gordon jeg_rosacarolina
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Two prominent stipules at leaf base, each terminating in a pointed tip, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm080517_156
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0506b_37
June Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm0506c_02
June Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Armed w sharp, mostly straight prickles at right angles to stem & branches, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm250625_1233
June Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm250625_1237
June Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Five pink petals subtend a showy congested mass of stamens and pistils, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm080726_118
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves with 5-9 coarsely toothed leaflets, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
COMPARE
leaves of Carolina Rose and Swamp Rose
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JK Marlow jkm080726_121
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Stems with straight needle-like prickles, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rosa carolina ssp. carolina
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa carolina var. carolina
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Rosa carolina
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-012:
Rosa carolina
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa carolina
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa lyoni
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa serrulata
1256
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Upland forests, woodlands, pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems armed with paired prickles at the nodes; prickles and bristles rare or absent along the internodes
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-9 leaflets
Alternate
Stipules conspicuous, entire, ciliate, often glandular-ciliate, mostly adnate
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Hip
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p102
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p380
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p085
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p258
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p216
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p260
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p143
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p069
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p316
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p113
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p315
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p121
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p153
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p10
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p308
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p304
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p331
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