Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Common name: Cherokee Rose

Family: Rosaceae (Rose)

Distribution: China, Hainan, Taiwan, Vietnam

Life form: Perennial plant

Comments: Southern China, Indo-China, Taiwan. Cultivated in Europe from the mid-18th Century, and so thoroughly naturalised in south-eastern USA by 1800 that it was named as a native species in 1803. Prefers a warm climate.