Date: June 24, 2011. Location: Rochester cemetery (map)
| Classification Hierarchy | |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheophyta |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta |
| Division | Magnoliophyta |
| Subclass | Rosidae |
| Order | Rosales |
| Family | Rosaceae |
| Genus | Rosa |
| Species | Rosa carolina |
Date: June 24, 2011. Location: Rochester cemetery (map)
USDA Plant Profile Flora of N. America
Scientific Name: Rosa carolina
Common Name: Carolina rose, Pasture rose
Origin: Native
Notes: The most common native wild roses in S.E. Iowa are thought to be Rosa carolina and Rosa arkansana (var. sulfata). Identification is often difficult due to the variations caused by phenotypic plasticity and hybrids between the two species.
Additional references: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, .
Flowers: light pink to red; mostly singular; pedicels and hypanthia (and usually fruit) with stipitate (stalked) glands; sepals spreading or reflexed after anthesis, usually deciduous in fruit.
Leaves: on floral shoots with 5-7 leaflets.
Stems: prickles acicular, appearing primarily at nodes; smaller, few or none on internodes; bases scarcely dilated.
Glossaries of botanical terms: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
