Rosa multiflora
multiflora rose, japanese rose
Family
Rosaceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Attachment
petiolate
Leaf Type
compound, odd-pinnate
Growth Form
forb, shrub, vine
Flower Color
pink, white
Flower Petals
5
Flower Month
May - October
Height (meters)
0.5 - 3.0
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Armed
Origin
introduced
Lifespan
perennial
Wetland Class
FACU
Field Characters
5, 7, and 9 leaflets. Wild shaggy hairs at base of petiole.
Habitat
Often escaped from cultivation. Fence rows, pastures and thin woodlands. Relatively rare in dry pastures, prairies, margins of woodlands, roadsides, rocky open wooded hillsides, and stream valleys.