Rosa bracteata
Rosaceae
alternate
petiolate
crenate, dentate
compound, pinnate
forb, shrub, vine
white
May - December
0.3 - 1.5
No
Armed
introduced
perennial
Warm season
Evergreen
0
-1
Similar in appearance to Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata) which does not have hairy branches, does not sucker from the base and has elongated hips. Stipules pectinately fringed or conspicuously toothed.
The seeds of roses are generally dormant when fresh. Dormancy in Rosa blanda can be overcome by scarification with concentrated sulfuric acid or mechanical scarification then cold/moist stratification for 60-120 days at 41 F (US Forest Service 1948, Steffen 1997). Seeds germinate while being stratified. Plant the seeds at 1/2" deep with temperatures between 68-86 F (US Forest Service 1948).
An invasive weed, native to China, that has escaped from cultivation and infests south Louisiana and the eastern third of Texas. It is found from Virginia, south to Florida, and west to Texas.
Waste places, ditches and pastures.