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Rosa nutkana
Nootka rose
Specimens
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Distribution: Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.

Habitat: Thickets, shores, forest edges, riparian zones, rocky slopes from low elevations to the montane.

Flowers: May-July

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, beetles

Description:
General:

Coarse shrub 1-2 m. tall, more or less prickly or nearly unarmed, the infrastipular prickles larger than the other sturdy prickles.

Leaves:

Leaves alternate, deciduous, odd-pinnate with 5-7 leaflets; leaflets elliptic or ovate, serrate or doubly serrate, 1-7 cm. long and 0.7-4.5 cm. wide.

Flowers:

Flowers large, usually solitary at the branch ends; sepals 5, 1.5-4 cm. long and 3-6 mm. wide, constricted in the middle and expanded toward the tip; petals light pink to deep rose, 2.5-4 cm. long; stamens numerous, pistils many.

Fruits:

Hips globose, 1.2-2 cm. long and thick, purplish-red.

Accepted Name:
Rosa nutkana C. Presl
Publication: Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. ser. 5, 6: 563. 1851.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Infraspecies:
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Rosa nutkana in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Rosa nutkana checklist entry

OregonFlora: Rosa nutkana information

E-Flora BC: Rosa nutkana atlas page

CalPhotos: Rosa nutkana photos

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