Rosa setigera |
Rosa bracteata |
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climbing prairie rose, climbing rose, prairie rose |
Macartney rose |
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Stems | erect to procumbent and vinelike, 10–20(–60) dm; bark of canes green to light brown; prickles infrastipular and internodal, single or paired, declined, usually curved, sometimes erect, stout, 3–4 × 7–9 mm, broad-based, sometimes mixed with aciculi, rarely absent. |
climbing or vinelike, sometimes decumbent, 30–50 dm; branches flexuous, brown; infrastipular prickles usually paired, broad-based, internodal prickles paired or single, reddish brown, 4.5–9 × 6–9 mm. |
Leaves | deciduous, 8–12 cm; stipules narrowly lanceolate, 12–15 × 0.5–3 mm, auricles flared, 3–4 mm, margins entire, sometimes fimbriate, stipitate-glandular, surfaces glabrous, sparsely glandular; petiole and rachis with or without pricklets, usually pubescent, stipitate-glandular; leaflets 3 (mostly younger stems)–5 (older stems), terminal: petiolule 10–16 mm, blade ovate to elliptic-ovate, (30–)48(–70) × (20–)27(–40) mm, membranous or leathery, base rounded or obtuse, margins 1(–2)-serrate, teeth (18–)35(–42) per side, coarse, gland-tipped, apex usually acuminate, abaxial surfaces pale green, glabrous or pubescent to tomentose, sometimes sessile- and/or stipitate-glandular, adaxial darker green, dull, glabrous. |
stipules 3–4 × 2.5–3.5 mm, auricles 3–6 × 1.5–2 mm, surfaces tomentose; petiole and rachis with pricklets, glabrous or pubescent, usually stipitate-glandular; leaflets: base cuneate, margins 1-serrulate-crenulate, teeth 12–16 per side, broad-based, apex obtuse to acute, often apiculate, gland-tipped, abaxial surfaces green with scattered pricklets and stipitate glands along prominent midveins, sometimes with hairs along midveins, eglandular, sometimes glabrous, adaxial glabrous, eglandular. |
Panicles | (1–)6(–15+)-flowered. |
lateral and terminal. |
Pedicels | 15–25 mm, glabrous, stipitate-glandular; bracts 1 or 2, narrowly lanceolate, 10–30 × 1–2 mm, margins short stipitate-glandular, surfaces glabrous, eglandular. |
bracts ovate-acuminate, (6–)8–10 × 5–7 mm, margins densely white sericeo-tomentose. |
Flowers | functionally unisexual or monoecious, plants dioecious, 3–5 cm diam.; hypanthium ovoid, 4–6 × 4–5 mm, stipitate-glandular; sepals narrowly to broadly ovate-lanceolate, 10–18 × 2–4 mm, margins entire, tip 3–4 × 0.5–1 mm, abaxial surfaces pubescent, stipitate-glandular; petals single, rose-purple to pink, fading to white, 18–25 × 16–25 mm; stamens 212; carpels 20–25, styles glabrous, exsert 5–6 mm beyond stylar orifice rims (0.5 mm diam.), hypanthial disc 2–3 mm diam. |
5–7(–10) cm diam.; hypanthium 5–7 × 8–9 mm; sepal margins sparsely glandular-ciliate, tip 2–5 × 1–2 mm; petals 20–35 × 20–30 mm; carpels apically pilose, exsert 2–2.5 mm beyond stylar orifice of hypanthial disc (1–2 mm diam.). |
Hips | bright red, subglobose to globose, 6–10 × 6–9 mm, firm, sparsely stipitate-glandular often undeveloped because of dioecy, then early deciduous. |
leathery. |
Achenes | 17–22, fawn, 4–5 × 2.5–3 mm. |
30–40+, tan, 4–5 × 2–3 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Rosa setigera |
Rosa bracteata |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering May–Oct. |
Habitat | Prairies, savannas, woodland borders, clearings, open fields, abandoned pastures, waste areas, roadsides, fence rows | Disturbed areas, roadside hedges, open fields, pastures, bayou edges, ditches, along railways, woods, swampy thickets, pinelands |
Elevation | 100–500 m (300–1600 ft) | 0–500 m (0–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MO; MS; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; VT; WI; WV; ON [Introduced in Europe (Channel Islands)]
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AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; MD; MS; NC; SC; TX; VA; Asia (China, s Japan, Taiwan) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in West Indies, Europe, Australia]
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Discussion | In the eastern United States Rosa setigera has been introduced from the Midwest or escaped from cultivation (W. H. Lewis 1959b). Based primarily on herbarium records, R. setigera is introduced in Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia; other states (Alabama, Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) probably have both native and introduced populations. Rosa setigera is the only native rose with procumbent or climbing stems to 60 dm with three leaflets on younger stems and five on older stems, and with unisexual flowers and caducous sepals. Rosa setigera is the only species of sect. Systylae native to North America. The species is distinct from other members of the section in its flavonoid patterns, which show linkages to sect. Cinnamomeae [= sect. Rosa] (C. Grossi et al. 1998); it is also the only dioecious species of the genus. Microscopic floral characters are detailed elsewhere (W. H. Lewis 1959b; P. G. Kevan et al. 1990; J. R. Kemp et al. 1993, 1993b). Since 1886, Rosa setigera has been used also as one parent in climbing hybrid cultivars produced in central Europe to increase hardiness and vigorous growth. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Rosa bracteata was introduced to Europe in 1795, and later to the United States, where it became widely naturalized and invasive in parts of the southeast, and in the West Indies. The species forms dense thickets of puberulent to tomentose stems; bracts, pedicels, and hips are densely sericeo-tomentose. The six to eight bracts closely subtend the short pedicels and tightly cover about half or all of the hypanthia. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 83. | FNA vol. 9, p. 86. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Roseae > Rosa > subg. Rosa > sect. Systylae | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Roseae > Rosa > subg. Rosa > sect. Bracteatae |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | R. rubifolia, R. setigera var. elatior, R. setigera var. glabra, R. setigera var. tomentosa | |
Name authority | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 295. (1803) | J. C. Wendland: Bot. Beob., 50. (1798) |
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