RED OR REDDISH PURPLE 59 



suckers freely arid often grows in clumps. It 

 is from one to eight feet in height. The spines 

 are stout and often recurved. Prickles fre- 

 quently occur along the stems. The range is 

 throughout the Eastern United States. It is 

 one of the most common species. 



LOW OR PASTURE ROSE 



Rosa humilis Rose Family 



Fruit. The depressed globular or globose 

 hips, with their pedicels, are hairy and glandular. 

 The calyx lobes are not persistent. September 

 and persistent. 



Leaves. The leaflets are from five to seven, 

 usually five. They are coarsely serrate, rather 

 thin, acute at apex, short-stemmed or sessile. 

 The stipules are narrow and entire. Bright 

 reds and orange are the autumnal colorings. 



Flowers. The solitary or two- to three- 

 clustered pink flowers have a glandular calyx 

 with lobed calyx lobes. May-July. 



The Pasture Rose is usually low, about three 

 feet high. The spines are slender and straight, 

 and the bush is more or less prickly. It is a 



