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| Rosa palustris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rosa |
| Species: | R. palustris |
| Binomial name | |
| Rosa palustris Marshall | |
Rosa palustris, the swamp rose,[2][3] 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. It is a host of the blinded sphinx moth and Coptotriche admirabilis.
Description
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Rosa palustris is a shrub with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thorny stems. The flowers are pink, borne in summer.
Etymology
[edit]The species epithet palustris is Latin for "of the marsh" and indicates its common habitat.[4]
References
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- ↑ NatureServe (2006), "Rosa palustris", NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life, Version 6.1, Arlington, Virginia, retrieved 2021-09-01
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ NRCS. "Rosa palustris". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ↑ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 258, at Google Books
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