Carolina Rose

Rosa carolina L.

Rose family

Plant Type

Subshrub

Life Cycle

Perennial

Mature Height

6.0 feet

Flower Color

Pink

Bloom Time

Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Intermediate

Water

Water Use Low

Soil

CaCO3 Tolerance Low

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Nesting and Structure (Bees); Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Host Acleris minuta, Ancylis comptana, Euphydryas chalcedona chalcedona, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, Lymantria dispar, Malacosoma californica fragilis, Malacosoma disstria, Notocelia purpurissatana, Paonias excaecata, Probole amicaria, Sphinx gordius, Spilonota ocellana, Tischeria admiralbilis, Tischeria roseticola

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
MEX: Mexico Northeast
CAN: Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.