Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rosa ×damascena
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Damask Rose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa ×damascena [gallica × moschata]
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rosa ×damascena
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Rosa gallica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rosa ×damascena
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-007:
Rosa damascena FAMILY Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Damask Rose, French Rose
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rosa ×damascena
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rosa ×damascena [gallica × moschata]
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rosa ×damascena
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Rosa gallica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rosa ×damascena
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-11-007:
Rosa damascena
FAMILY
Rosaceae
4260
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, persistent after cultivation, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Waif(s)
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems armed with many stout prickles
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5(7) leaflets
Alternate
Stipules conspicuous, ciliate, occasionally few stipitate glands, mostly adnate
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Hip
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