| Author | Message | ||
     stephen scanniello (Steprose) Supreme Crown Gall ! Username: steprose Post Number: 1063 Registered: 01-2006 |
It looks like a native species, a good find! What's the approx. measurement of the flower, across, when open? Look to see if the prickles are very straight, slightly bent, or hooked. how thick, thin are the prickles Do the prickles appear in pairs (on the stem, are they opposite each other), or are they spiraled down the stem? ss | ||
| nancy dougherty (Nancy_dougherty) Greenhorn Username: nancy dougherty Post Number: 4 Registered: 05-2010 |
i appreciate your help on this one. i'm a newbie on identifying any kind of roses. but i like to learn. i will have to make a trip to the river and take a macro of the leaves and stems. make take a few days.... | ||
| Malcolm M Manners (Mmanners) Bug Squisher Username: mmanners Post Number: 156 Registered: 10-2004 |
Assuming it's native, and along a river, maybe R. palustris? If so, most of the prickles on the upper branches should come in pairs, just below the point of leaf attachment, and be curved. Also, the stipules (the little flaps on the sides of the base of a rose leaf) should roll into nearly a tube around the top-side of the petiole. If not, how about R. virginiana? | ||
| stephen scanniello (Steprose) Supreme Crown Gall ! Username: steprose Post Number: 1062 Registered: 01-2006 |
any chance of seeing some prickles and more foliage? thanks, stephen | ||
| nancy dougherty (Nancy_dougherty) Greenhorn Username: nancy dougherty Post Number: 3 Registered: 05-2010 |
here is a photo of leaves & rosehips  | ||
| Jon Lee Oliver (Jon_lee) Greenhorn Username: Jon lee Post Number: 2 Registered: 09-2009 |
From the looks of the flower I would think that maybe it is a rugosa hybrid. From what I can tell of the foliage it looks like it may lean more to another species. | ||
| nancy dougherty (Nancy_dougherty) Greenhorn Username: nancy dougherty Post Number: 2 Registered: 05-2010 |
I found pockets of this rose growing on the rocks next to the Tygart's Valley River, Barbour County, Philippi, West Virginia long ago. I took this picture on June 24, 2006 in the late afternoon. It grows down in little hollows along the rocks and has very large rose hips. It's lovely, and i know nothing about it. If anyone could identify it, I would appreciate it.  |