Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rosa carolina ssp. carolina
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-012:
Rosa carolina
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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.
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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 jkm0305s_17
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
The 1-4" leaves have 3-9 toothed leaflets, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm080517_156
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Five pink petals subtend a showy congested mass of stamens and pistils, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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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.
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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.
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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rosa carolina ssp. carolina
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa carolina var. carolina
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-012:
Rosa carolina
FAMILY
Rosaceae
1256
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in upland forests, woodlands, pastures, roadsides, 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.
...Moist
...Variable
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems armed with many small prickles along the internodes
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-9 leaflets
Alternate
Stipules conspicuous, entire, ciliate, often glandular-ciliate, mostly adnate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
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 p102
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p380
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p085
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p258
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p216
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p069
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p316
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p168
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p113
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p121
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p153
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p10
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p308
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p304
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p331