Rosa bracteata J.C. Wendl.

Chickasaw Rose; McCartney Rose; Hedge Rose

Vine

Perennial

Vascular

McCartney Rose is an introduced woody vine or shrub in the Rose family (Rosaceae). It is native to China, southern Japan, and Taiwan. In Alabama it can be found state-wide, but is most common in the Black Belt region of central Alabama. McCartney Rose grows in pastures, on fence rows, in thin woods, in prairies, and in cedar glades. It is a shrub with arching or climbing stems to 15 feet in length. The older stems have reddish brown bark and young stems are green and pubescent with grayish hairs and stiff, red stipitate glandular hairs. The stems are armed with stout curved prickles. Leaves are alternate, odd pinnate compound with 5-9 leaflets. The leaves are evergreen, stipitate glandular, and armed on the petiole and rachis with prickles. Leaflets are elliptic to obovate in outline, thick and leathery in texture, with prickles and stipitate glands along the major veins on the lower surface. The upper surface of the leaf is dark green in color and shiny. Flowers are usually solitary at the ends of branches. The pedicel, hypanthium, and sepals are densely white pubescent. There are 5 white petals and numerous stamens. The fruit is a leathery, pubescent hip. McCartney Rose is listed as a Category 2 invasive species in Alabama by the Alabama Invasive Plant Council.--A. Diamond

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Not Native

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