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close up image of Rosa setigera ILLINOIS ROSE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a flower head with a typical bud cluster
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close up image of Rosa setigera ILLINOIS ROSE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a flower head in full bloom showing newer pinkish bloom with golden anthers and older white blooms with darker, dried anthers
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close up image of Rosa setigera ILLINOIS ROSE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a flower bud, a bud during opening, a pinkish new bloom, and a white, older bloom
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field image of Rosa setigera ILLINOIS ROSE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a stem from a single sepcimen in the distinctive arch pattern just past full bloom
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close up image of Rosa setigera ILLINOIS ROSE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - well after bloom in the fall, a leaflet during die-back; roses offer the most colorful of all prairie plant fall foliage
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close up image of Rosa setigera ILLINOIS ROSE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing stem and left detail
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field image of Rosa setigera ILLINOIS ROSE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - several specimens well into winter showing the distinctive arching pattern of this species
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close up image of Rosa setigera ILLINOIS ROSE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a single bud showing sepals with raised red 'dots' and petals prior to opening
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close up image of Rosa setigera ILLINOIS ROSE at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a single flower in bloom detailing multiple anthers and a large, fused stigmaThis species is featured in the soon-to-be-published book, Elusive Splendor: Wildflowers of the Tall Grass Prairie. Contact frank@black-sweater-art.com for more information.