Can you please help me identify this wildflower? The photo was taken at the end of July in rural Livingstone County, Michigan along the Pottawattomi Trail. Thank you.
Rosa sp.? Garden rose but in the wild? Sorry I am so ignorant that I can't even identify a rose but I thought this might have been something else. Thank you though.
If this is not a cultivar, what is the actually species name then? Again, thank you for your help. David
Identification of wild roses is rather difficult as they differ in minor details, needless to say they hybridize readily.
Maybe Rosa palustris, but as others have mentioned, details are lacking, including: number of flowers on the flowering head (others older / younger could be hidden by the flower), close-up of the leaf petiole and stipules, and general armature on the plant (how prickly it is). Much poison ivy on the ground below it, though.
Rosa palustris has curved thorns, while this one seems to have straight, needle like thorns (well, if the reddish stems on the second photograph belongs to the same/same kind of plant), such as R. carolina, but I'm not convinced about that identification either.
I live in Alberta (wild rose country), our provincial floral emblem is Rosa acicularis, we see a lot of those pink flowers around. Rose hips are a lovely snack when hiking.
