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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Rosaceae
Rosa carolina L.
Carolina rose, pasture rose
Rosa: ancient Latin name whose meaning has been lost
carolina: from Carolinas
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1/2'-4' tall, clone-forming shrub usually unbranched or with only a few branches; stems with straight, slender, rounded thorns near the nodes |
| Flower: | white to pink, 5-parted, 1 1/2"-2 1/3" wide, on this year's stems, the sepals deciduous; flowers solitary; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | red, smooth, berry-like hips |
| Leaf: | pinnately-divided with 3-7 oblong to rounded, coarsely toothed leaflets |
| Habitat: | full sun; dry to moderate moisture; upland woods, prairies, inland sands, roadsides; in sandy, loamy soil |
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