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Rosa palustris

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Species of shrub

Rosa palustris
Flowering branch
Conservation status

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rosa
Species: R. palustris
Binomial name
Rosa palustris
Marshall

Rosa palustris, the swamp rose, is a shrub in the rose family native to much of eastern North America. It can be found from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in the north, south to Florida and west to Arkansas and Ontario. It is a host of the blinded sphinx moth and Coptotriche admirabilis.

Description

Flowers are pink

Rosa palustris is a shrub with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thorny stems. The flowers are pink, borne in summer.

Etymology

The species epithet palustris is Latin for "of the marsh" and indicates its common habitat.

References

  1. NatureServe (2006), "Rosa palustris", NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life, Version 6.1, Arlington, Virginia, retrieved 2021-09-01{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. NRCS. "Rosa palustris". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  3. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 258, at Google Books
Taxon identifiers
Rosa palustris


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