1256

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Upland forests, woodlands, pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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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

 

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