Rosaceae
Swamp rose
Rosa palustris
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- ورد سبخي
- arz
- ورد بالستريس
- Chinese
- 沼生蔷薇, 沼生薔薇
- Czech
- Růže bahenní
- Danish
- Sump-Rose
- English
- Swamp rose, Appalachian Valley rose
- Persian
- رز باتلاق
Synonyms
- Rosa carolina var. aculeata Schuette
- Rosa carolina var. alba Raf.
- Rosa carolina var. inermis Regel
- Rosa carolina var. sepalorelevata Schuette
- Rosa elegans Raf.
- Rosa enneaphylla Raf.
- Rosa floridana Rydb.
- Rosa lancifolia Small
- Rosa obtusiuscula Rydb.
- Rosa palustris f. alba (Raf.) W.H.Lewis
- Rosa palustris f. inermis (Regel) W.H.Lewis
- Rosa palustris f. nuttalliana (Rehder) Rehder
- Rosa palustris f. plena W.H.Lewis
- Rosa palustris var. aculeata (Schuette) Erlanson
- Rosa palustris var. inermis Schuette ex Erlanson
- Rosa palustris var. nuttalliana Rehder
- Rosa palustris var. sepalorelevata (Schuette) Erlanson
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: sblumen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jonathan Sowers, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Malcolm Manners from Lakeland FL, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jenn (McPhee) Dyson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fritz Flohr Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: mmmavocado, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Skyler Principe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: mmmavocado, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.