Also known as Pasture Rose, Rosa carolina is fairly common in open upland habitats such as pastures and powerline cuts. In North Carolina it occurs in the Mountains, Piedmont, and the western fringe of the Coastal Plain.

Wake Co., NC 5/23/2009.

The pink flowers are very fragrant.

Wake Co., NC 5/23/2009.

Wake Co., NC 5/23/2009.

Wake Co., NC 5/23/2009.

Rosa carolina is most easily told apart from the very similar Rosa palustris by its straight thorns.

Wake Co., NC 5/23/2009.

Granville Co., NC 5/8/2012.