Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rosa palustris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Swamp Rose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa palustris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Rosa palustris
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Rosa obtusiuscula
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-011:
Rosa palustris FAMILY Rosaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa floridana
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa lancifolia
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa palustris
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Rose
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JK Marlow jkm160516_731
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Stipule margin entire to ciliate [not fringed], per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
JK Marlow jkm0307c_12
July Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Sepals lanceolate, 2-3cm long, long-caudate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm060709_010
July Tazewell County VA
Roadside
Prickles stout, curved and hooked [need a good picture of them!], per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_palustris_swmp3
July
Swamp Rose and Carolina Rose have almost identical flowers, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
JK Marlow s060709_a
July Tazewell County VA
Roadside
Leaves with 5 to 9 finely toothed leaflets, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
COMPARE
leaves of Carolina Rose and Swamp Rose
Alistair Glen gwn_rosapalustris
December Pender County NC
Hips red, ovoid or slightly pyriform [pear-shaped], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rosa palustris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa palustris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Rosa palustris
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Rosa obtusiuscula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-011:
Rosa palustris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa floridana
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa lancifolia
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa palustris