Rosa palustris

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ROSACEAE
Species:Rosa palustris Marshall
Common Name:Swamp Rose
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Shrub
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:ROPA
Plant Notes:Swamp Rose in a native woody shrub in the Rose family (Rosaceae). It occurs primarily in the eastern half of the state from the Tennessee line to the Florida line. Typical habitats include swamps, creek banks, the margins of beaver ponds, and wet roadside ditches. Swamp Rose stems are erect or arching, and up to eight feet in length. The bark is reddish brown and glabrous. As with most roses the stems are armed with stout curved prickles. Leaves are petiolate, alternate, and pinnately compound with 5-7 lanceolate to elliptic leaflets. The leaflets are pale green and pubescent or glabrous on the lower surface and darker green and glabrous on the upper surface. The petiole and rachis are usually armed with prickles. Flowers are produced in 2-10 flowered corymbs. The buds are densely glandular pubescent. Fragrant five petaled pink flowers up to three inches across are produced from the ends of the branches. The flattened disk of styles in the center of each flower is pink instead of the clear yellow found in most of our other roses. Individual flowers last only a few days, but the blooming period extends over several months. The fruit is a red hip. Swamp Rose is not susceptible to many of the diseases and pests that attack hybrid roses, and is a hardy and easy to care for plant. It prefers a wet to moist soil in full sun. Plants can sometimes be purchased from native plant nurseries, and double flowered and unarmed forms exist. Plants can also be rooted from cuttings or grown from seed. Hips (fruit) should be collected after they turn red. The individual seed have a hard seed coat and require scarification (breaking of the seed coat). This can be done with a small knife or coarse sandpaper. Plant seed outdoors in pots and the seedling will emerge in the spring.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyROSACEAE - Rose family
Genus Rosa
Species Rosa palustris Marshall - Swamp Rose

Citation

Citation Rosa palustris Marshall, Arbust. Amer. 135–136. 1785.
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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Rosa dasistema Rosa dasistema Rafinesque, Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. 5: 219. 1820.  
Rosa palustris var. dasistema Rosa palustris Marshall, var. dasistema (Rafinesque) E. J. Palmer & Steyermark, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 571. 1935.Rosa dasistema Rafinesque 1820. 
Rosa floridana Rosa floridana Rydberg ex Small, Shrubs Florida 27, 133. 1913. FLORIDA: Duval Co.: Near Jacksonville, 10 May & 2 Nov 1894, Curtiss 4754 (holotype: NY).
Rosa lancifolia Rosa lancifolia Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 527, 1331. 1903. FLORIDA: Lake Co.: Vicinity of Eustis, 16-25 Aug 1894, Nash 1693 (holotype: NY).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Barbour, Butler, Calhoun, Covington, Crenshaw, Franklin, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Shelby

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1892 - 1997

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA000023927 Houston 9 Aug 1969 Atkeson, Thomas D.
275		 AUA
Rosa Palustris Marsh.
UWAL0030979 Henry 31 May 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26391		 UWAL
Rosa palustris Marshall
AUA000023926 Houston 6 Jun 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8320		 AUA
Rosa Palustris Marsh.
UWAL0032733 Franklin 27 May 2016 England, J. Kevin
6409		 UWAL
Rosa palustris Marshall
TROY000033165 Crenshaw 21 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22143		 TROY
Rosa palustris Marshall
AUA000023929 Montgomery 4 Jun 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6950		 AUA
Rosa Palustris Marsh.
JSU131471 Madison 25 Jun 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
2674		 JSU
Rosa palustris Marshall
JSU146007 Calhoun 31 May 1993 Hutchinson, Francine
1598		 JSU
Rosa palustris Marshall
UWAL0005347 Butler 05 Jun 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22199		 UWAL
Rosa palustris Marshall
TROY000032533 Covington 01 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22014		 TROY
Rosa palustris Marshall
JSU131468 Jackson 4 May 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6082		 JSU
Rosa palustris Marshall
UWAL0044661 Lawrence 03 Jun 2019 England, J. Kevin
10298		 UWAL
Rosa palustris Marshall
UNA00047403 Houston 16 Jun 1997 MacDonald, John R.
10725		 UNA
Rosa palustris Marsh.
TROY000008505 Barbour 02 Aug 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17850		 TROY
Rosa palustris Marshall
TROY000008506 Crenshaw 25 Jun 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
11738		 TROY
Rosa palustris Marshall
UNA00015801 Limestone 01 Sep 1979 Meigs, Russell A.
241		 UNA
Rosa palustris Marsh.
JSU131470 Madison 11 May 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
8390		 JSU
Rosa palustris Marshall
TROY000032521 Butler 05 Jun 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22199		 TROY
Rosa palustris Marshall
UNA00015802 Madison 06 Jun 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
766		 UNA
Rosa palustris Marsh.
ALNHS00005687 Houston 29 Mar 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3650		 ALNHS
Rosa palustris Marsh.
UWAL0004991 Crenshaw 21 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22143		 UWAL
Rosa palustris Marshall
TROY000008507 Pike 06 May 1996 Holmes, Jeanese
179		 TROY
Rosa palustris Marshall
TROY000050447 Madison 02 Jun 2017 England, J. Kevin
7903		 TROY
Rosa palustris Marshall
AUA000023928 Houston 3 Aug 1968 Gilbert, R.J.
 AUA
Rosa Palustris Marsh.
UNA00015702 Madison 05 May 1892 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Rosa palustris Marsh.
UNA00015803 Shelby 21 Jun 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
885		 UNA
Rosa palustris Marsh.
UNA00069074 Morgan 01 Jun 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12633		 UNA
Rosa palustris Marsh.
TROY000042025 Henry 31 May 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26391		 TROY
Rosa palustris Marshall
TROY000042470 Houston 22 May 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26373		 TROY
Rosa palustris Marshall
AUA000023924 Barbour 18 May 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6907		 AUA
Rosa Palustris Marsh.
UNA00015687 Madison 05 Jun 1892 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Rosa palustris Marsh.
UNA00015805 Lawrence 08 Jun 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
818		 UNA
Rosa palustris Marsh.
UWAL0019781 Houston 22 May 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26373		 UWAL
Rosa palustris Marshall
AUA000023931 Pike 5 Sep 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5484		 AUA
Rosa Palustris Marsh.
TROY000028513 Morgan 01 Jun 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12633		 TROY
Rosa palustris Marshall
UWAL0003852 Morgan 01 Jun 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12633		 UWAL
Rosa palustris Marsh.
UWAL0054022 Madison 28 May 2020 England, J. Kevin
11039		 UWAL
Rosa palustris Marshall
JSU131472 Madison 10 Jun 1976 Whetstone, R. David
8399		 JSU
Rosa palustris Marshall
JSU131469 Limestone 29 Jun 1996 Ballard, J. Mark
5962		 JSU
Rosa palustris Marshall
JSU146008 Calhoun 31 May 1993 Hutchinson, Francine
1599		 JSU
Rosa palustris Marshall
UWAL0035022 Morgan 10 Jun 2017 England, J. Kevin
7990		 UWAL
Rosa palustris Marshall
AUA000039528 Madison 2 Jun 2017 England, J. Kevin
7903		 AUA
Rosa Palustris Marsh.
JSU131473 Marshall 5 Jun 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
5487		 JSU
Rosa palustris Marshall
AUA000023930 Pike 31 May 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4915		 AUA
Rosa Palustris Marsh.
UWAL0035214 Madison 02 Jun 2017 England, J. Kevin
7903		 UWAL
Rosa palustris Marshall
AUA000023925 Crenshaw 7 Jun 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8324		 AUA
Rosa Palustris Marsh.
UNA00015804 Madison 04 Jul 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
7950		 UNA
Rosa palustris Marsh.
UWAL0004980 Covington 01 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22014		 UWAL
Rosa palustris Marshall
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