Rosa arkansana T.C. Porter. Common name: Prairie Rose. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Rocky slopes and dry woodlands. Distribution: ON to BC, south to OH, IN, IL, MO, TX, and NM. Reported from the North Carolina portion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, perhaps a result of former horticultural use and not seen recently (K. Langdon, pers. comm., 2016).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, FNA9, Il, K4, NE, NY, S13, Joly & Bruneau (2007); > Rosa arkansana Porter — Tx; > Rosa arkansana Porter var. arkansana — F; > Rosa arkansana Porter var. suffulta (Greene) Cockerell — F, GrPl, Mi, NcTx; > Rosa conjuncta Rydb. — F; > Rosa suffulta Greene. Basionym: Rosa arkansana Porter 1874
Links to other floras: = Rosa arkansana - FNA9
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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