Rosa palustris

Taxobox
name = swamp rose


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Flowering branch
status = G5
status_system = TNC
status_ref = Citation
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contribution = Rosa palustris
title = NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life, Version 6.1.
date =
location = Arlington, Virginia
year =2006
contribution-url = http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Rosa+palustris+
accessdate = 2007-12-10]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
subfamilia = Rosoideae
genus = "Rosa"
species = "R. palustris"
binomial = "Rosa palustris"

"Rosa palustris" (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.

Description

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

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