Rosa arkansana Porter

PLANTS OF ILLINOIS, USA
Rosa arkansana Porter
var. suffulta (Greene) Cockerell
det.: S.R. Hill Dec. 2000 [or hybrid!] Rosaceae
ILLINOIS: McHENRY COUNTY 42° 17' 57.0" N; 88° 17'
13.5" W. McHenry IL 7.5 min. quad., T.44N., R.8E.,
SE/4, SE/4, SW/4, sec. 10. W side IL Rt. 31 (FAU 336),
1.5-1.6 mi S of Bull Valley Road, McHenry, alongside
agricultural land opposite industrial buildings. Elev. ca.
257 m. Wet glacial soils (silt-loam?), disturbed.
Local in wet meadow alongside hedgerow adjoining
agricultural land and sedge meadow within
right-of-way. Stems erect, 0.4-0.5 mtall; colonial v
rhizomatous perennial, flowers rose-pink.
Steven R. Hill 32505
22 June 2000
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