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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Rosaceae
Rosa acicularis Lindl. subsp. sayi (Schwein.) W.H.Lewis
bristly rose, prickly rose
Rosa: ancient Latin name whose meaning has been lost
acicularis: needle-like
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, up to 40"+ tall, clone-forming shrub; stems densely prickly on most of the stem and internodes, thorns straight and unequal |
| Flower: | pink to dark rose, 5-parted, 1"-2 1/3" wide, only on last year's side branches, the sepals persistent; flowers usually solitary |
| Fruit: | purplish, smooth, berry-like hips |
| Leaf: | pinnately-divided with 5 or 7 elliptical to oval, often twice-toothed leaflets |
| Habitat: | upland woods, hills, rocky banks |
| (Glossary) |
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