Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rosa setigera
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Climbing Prairie Rose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa setigera
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-001:
Rosa setigera
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Climbing Prairie Rose
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rose2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_rose2_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_rose2_005_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rosa_setigera_2
May
Tolerant of a wide range of moisture conditions from moist to drought, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_setigera_mchx_6
June
The 5 wide petals are about 1" long and notched at the tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rosa setigera
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa setigera
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-001:
Rosa setigera
FAMILY
Rosaceae
1261
Subshrub; Woody vine
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia, or some portions thereof
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it on streambanks, in pastures, 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
...Dry
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems armed with many small prickles along the internodes
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 3(5) leaflets
Alternate
Stipules conspicuous, narrow, entire or remotely toothed, mostly adnate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Hip
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p085
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p259
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p111
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p068
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p318
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p121
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p155
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p302