Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rosa multiflora
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Multiflora Rose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa multiflora
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Rosa multiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-003:
Rosa multiflora FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa multiflora
COMMON NAME:
Multiflora Rose
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JK Marlow jkm180414_322
April Polk County NC
Stipules comblike and fringed, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
JK Marlow jkm190425_7754
April Greenville County SC
Agressively invasive, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Judy Gordon jegrosamulti_thorns
May Columbia County GA
Roadside
Stems are green and armed with stout curved prickles, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
JK Marlow jkm090510_002
May Greenville County SC
Sepals ... usually stipitate-glandular, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm200517_4985
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Flowers numerous in corymb, 1.5-4cm in diameter, per Flora of China.
JK Marlow s050715_b
July Greenville County SC
Stipules along the leaf-stalk base distinguish roses from other shrubs, per The Shrub Identification Book (Symonds, 1963).
JK Marlow s050715_c
July Greenville County SC
Multiflora Rose has leaves with 7-9 toothed leaflets and fringed stipules, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
JK Marlow jkm111026_065
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Hip red, ellipsoid to ovoid, 6-9mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rosa multiflora
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa multiflora
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Rosa multiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-003:
Rosa multiflora
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rosa multiflora
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