tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post4815196270805501983..comments2023-10-18T04:26:36.875-04:00Comments on Roundtop Ruminations: Mysterious BeautyCarolyn Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-84756364693599741242008-06-06T19:46:00.000-04:002008-06-06T19:46:00.000-04:00What ever it is, it's a pretty flower.What ever it is, it's a pretty flower.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-79966413151437011262008-06-06T15:17:00.000-04:002008-06-06T15:17:00.000-04:00Lynne: “My” rose looks rather like rosa aciculari...Lynne: “My” rose looks rather like rosa acicularis (wild rose, aka prickly wild rose, prickly rose arctic rose) but I’m a bit far south for that. <BR/><BR/>There’s also rosa arkansana (wild prairie rose aka Arkansas rose, meadow rose or smooth rose) but the leaves are different and the range isn’t quite right. Still, this species has an interesting propensity for genetic drift. <BR/><BR/>Rosa Carolina (Carolina or pasture rose) is one of the single flowered roses and it has those needle-like thorns similar to multiflora rose, not the heavy curved thorns like my rose does.<BR/><BR/>Then there’s rosa palustra (swamp rose) and rosa viginiana (Virginia rose, aka common wild rose or prairie rose) both of which have curved thorns but also have the single flowers.<BR/><BR/>Is your head hurting yet? Mine is.<BR/><BR/>Carolyn H.Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-69251594145403071572008-06-06T11:43:00.000-04:002008-06-06T11:43:00.000-04:00It looks like what we call "ditch roses" around he...It looks like what we call "ditch roses" around here. Very pretty.Lynne at Hasty Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09187035706322695138noreply@blogger.com