NameThatPlant.net: Rosa blanda var. blanda

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rosa blanda var. blanda FAMILY Rosaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa blanda var. blanda FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Rosa blanda

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Rosa blanda

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Rosa blanda var. blanda

COMMON NAME:
Smooth Rose, Meadow Rose

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rosa blanda var. blanda FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa blanda var. blanda FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rosa blanda

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Rosa blanda

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rosa blanda var. blanda

4925

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Rocky forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems not armed with prickles at the nodes; prickles and bristles present at the base but rare or absent along the internodes

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-7(9) leaflets
Alternate
Stipules conspicuous, persistent, & adnate to the petiole

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink, rose
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Mostly bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Hip

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