Rosa palustris

Swamp Rose

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Family: Rosaceae

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: early June

ID tip: Swamp Rose has downward curved slender prickles at the bases of the leaf stalks. (Compare with Pasture Rose, which has straight prickles.)




9 June 2014
Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, VA
9 June 2014
Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, VA
   




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