Rosa arkansana Porter

Prairie rose (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Rosa

Characteristics

Shrubs, forming hedge clusters. Stems erect, slender or stout, 6–15 dm, openly branched; bark dull red to purplish red, glabrous; infrastipular prickles rarely present, internodal prickles densely mixed with aciculi ?to stem apices?, erect, terete, 1–3(–4) × 0.5–2 mm, base rarely extending to 3 mm, smallest often gland-tipped, aciculi rarely absent. Leaves 5–10(–16) cm; stipules 18–24 × 4–7 mm, auricles flared, 2.5–4(–7) mm, margins undulate, coarsely or shallowly glandular-serrate, surfaces glabrous or puberulent, eglandular; petiole and rachis sometimes with pricklets, sometimes with sparse aciculi, pubescent, sometimes glabrous, rarely stipitate-glandular; leaflets (5–)7–9(–11), terminal: petiolule 4–12 mm, blade obovate, sometimes elliptic, 15–40 × 8–20 mm, membranous, margins 1(–2+)-serrate, teeth 8–16 per side, eglandular, rarely gland-tipped, apex acute, abaxial surfaces pale green, pubescent, sometimes glabrous, eglandular, adaxial green, ± glaucous, dull, sometimes pubescent (especially along midveins). Inflorescences corymbs, 1–6(–16)-flowered. Pedicels erect, slender, 10–20 mm, glabrous, eglandular; bracts 1 or 2(or 3), broadly lanceolate, 11–20 × 5–8 mm, margins entire, eglandular, surfaces glabrous, eglandular. Flowers 3.3–4 cm diam.; hypanthium globose, 5–6.5 × 4–5.5 mm, glabrous, eglandular, neck (0–)0.5–1.5 × 2 mm; sepals spreading to erect, lanceolate, 11–20(–30) × (1.5–)3–4 mm, tip 3–7 × 0.5–1 mm, margins pinnatifid or entire, abaxial surfaces glabrous, stipitate-glandular or eglandular; petals single, rarely double, pink or rose, sometimes fading white, rarely white, 22–26 × 21–30 mm; ?stamens 120?; carpels 26–43, styles exsert 1.5–2 mm beyond stylar orifice (1.5 mm diam.) of hypanthial disc (3 mm diam.). Hips dull orange-red, globose, subglobose, or oblong, 10–11 × 7.5–13 mm, fleshy, glabrous, eglandular, rarely stipitate-glandular, neck 0–2 mm; sepals persistent, erect at hip maturity. Achenes basiparietal, 12–15, dark buff, ?ellipsoid?, 4.5–5 × 2.5 mm. 2n = 28.
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Colonial, only half-shrubby; stems under 1 m, usually densely prickly; prickles slender, straight, unequal, the infrastipular and internodal ones essentially alike; stipules pubescent, usually entire, or glandular-dentate toward the tip; lfls (7)9 or 11, 1–4 cm, firm, obovate or obovate-oblong, sharply serrate, very often pubescent beneath; fls corymbose, terminating the nearly herbaceous stems of the season and often also on short lateral branches from older stems; hypanthium and pedicel usually glabrous or nearly so; sep persistent, often becoming erect and connivent; pet pink (white) to deep rose, 1.5–3 cm; hips purplish or red, 10–15 mm thick; 2n=28. Prairies and plains, or in open or brushy sites eastward; N.Y. to Alta., s. to D.C., Ind., Mo., Tex., and Colo. (R. conjuncta; R. pratincola; R. suffulta)
A small suckering shrub. The branches are erect. It has many bristles. The leaves are shiny green. The flowers occur singly and are pink to red. The fruit are small round red hips.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 6.5
Root diameter (meter) 0.3
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Rocky slopes, dry hillsides, prairies, bluffs, open woods, grassy roadsides; at elevations from 200-2,100 metres.
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A temperate plant. It is native to central USA. It suits hardiness zones 4-9.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw. They are also stewed, dried and used for jellies and syrups. The young shoots can be peeled and eaten. The flowers, roots, fruit, stem, bark and petals are all used for tea.
Uses beverage environmental use food incense medicinal oil tea
Edible barks flowers fruits leaves roots seeds shoots stems
Therapeutic use Anticonvulsive (root), Hemostat (root), Stimulant (root), Tonic (root), Eye Medicine (root)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs scarification.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment scarification
Minimum temperature (C°) -30
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Rosa arkansana habit picture by Eylisia (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Rosa arkansana leaf picture by Robert Breeding (cc-by-sa)
Rosa arkansana leaf picture by Vas Littlecrow Wojtanowicz (cc-by-sa)
Rosa arkansana leaf picture by Vas Littlecrow Wojtanowicz (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Rosa arkansana flower picture by Eylisia (cc-by-sa)
Rosa arkansana flower picture by Robert Breeding (cc-by-sa)
Rosa arkansana flower picture by Wagner Cody (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Rosa arkansana fruit picture by torie m (cc-by-sa)
Rosa arkansana fruit picture by aithena munkyfunk (cc-by-sa)
Rosa arkansana fruit picture by Ryan Heaney (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Rosa arkansana world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:731647-1
WFO ID wfo-0001014335
COL ID 4TCVM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Rosa lunellii Rosa rydbergii Rosa arkansana f. arkansana Rosa blanda var. arkansana Rosa arkansana var. arkansana Rosa arkansana

Lower taxons

Rosa arkansana var. suffulta