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==Description== |
==Description== |
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IT is a flower in Georgia |
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It is an [[evergreen]] climbing [[shrub]], scrambling over other shrubs and small [[tree]]s to heights of up to {{convert|5|-|10|m|ft}}. The [[leaf|leaves]] are {{convert|3|-|10|cm|in}} long, with usually three [[leaflet (botany)|leaflets]], sometimes five leaflets, bright glossy green and glabrous. The [[flower]]s are {{convert|6|-|10|cm|in}} diameter, fragrant, with pure white [[petal]]s and yellow [[stamen]]s, and are followed by bright red and bristly [[rose hip|hips]] {{convert|2|-|4|cm|in}} diameter. The flower stem is also very bristly. |
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==Cultivation== |
==Cultivation== |
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The species was introduced to the [[southeastern United States]] in about 1780, where it soon became [[naturalisation (biology)|naturalized]], and where it gained its [[English language|English]] name. |
The species was introduced to the [[southeastern United States]] in about 1780, where it soon became [[naturalisation (biology)|naturalized]], and where it gained its [[English language|English]] name. |
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Revision as of 18:36, 30 April 2019
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rosa |
| Species: | R. laevigata
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Rosa laevigata, the Cherokee rose,[1] is a white, fragrant rose native to southern China and Taiwan south to Laos and Vietnam, and invasive in the United States.
Description
IT is a flower in Georgia
Cultivation
The species was introduced to the southeastern United States in about 1780, where it soon became naturalized, and where it gained its English name.
Cultural references
The flower is commonly associated with the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation of Native Americans in the southeastern United States. Its white petals are said to represent the tears the Cherokee women shed[2] during the period of great hardship and grief throughout US government-forced march from the Cherokees' home to U.S. forts, such as Gilmer. The flower's gold center is said to symbolize the gold taken from the Cherokee tribe.[3]
It is the state flower of Georgia.
References
- ^ NRCS. "Rosa laevigata". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ "Legend of the Cherokee Rose". Powersource.com. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
- ^ "The Trail of Tears - Cherokee Indians forcibly removed from North Georgia". Ngeorgia.com. 2007-06-05. Retrieved 2011-12-05.