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Cherokee Rose

Rosa laevigata

Summary 5

Rosa laevigata (Cherokee Rose) is a white, fragrant rose native to southern China and Taiwan south to Laos and Vietnam, and invasive in the United States.

Description 6

It is an evergreen climbing shrub, scrambling over other shrubs and small trees to heights of up to 5–10 metres (16–33 ft). The leaves are 3–10 centimetres (1.2–3.9 in) long, with usually three leaflets, sometimes five leaflets, bright glossy green and glabrous. The flowers are 6–10 centimetres (2.4–3.9 in) diameter, fragrant, with pure white petals and yellow stamens, and are followed by bright red and bristly hips 2–4 centimetres (0.79–1.57 in) diameter. The flower stem is also very bristly.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Tony Rodd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/8108294@N05/5225599235
  2. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10357137
  3. Daderot, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Rosa_laevigata_-_Villa_Thuret_-_DSC04784.JPG
  4. Daderot, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Rosa_laevigata_-_Villa_Thuret_-_DSC04837.JPG
  5. Adapted by Kate Wagner from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_laevigata
  6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_laevigata

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