Rosa nutkana
Common name:
Nootka Rose
Common Wild Rose
Pronunciation:
RO-za nut-KAN-uh
Family:
Rosaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
Yes
- Deciduous shrub, stout and erect, about 3-6 ft (~1-2 m) tall, thicket forming; stems have few to many stiff prickles ("thorns"), small and large ones intermixed, the larger ones generally are flattened and thick-based and more or less straight. Leaves alternate, pinnately compound, 5-10 cm long, stipule margins glandular, 5-9 leaflets, each sparsely hairy and glandular, terminal leaflet 20-40 mm long, usually widely elliptic, the base generally rounded, apex obtuse, margins single- to double-toothed and may be glandular. Flowers commonly borne singly, 5-6 cm across, calyx lobes often leaf-like at tips, petals 2.5-4 cm long, deep pink with a slight magenta tinge (rarely white), fragrant. Fruit showy red, globose to pear shaped, 1-2 cm wide, without a neck, calyx lobes remain attached.
- Sun to shade. Moist to drier soils
- Hardy to USDA Zone 5 Native to much of the west, from Alaska to northern California and east to the Rocky Mountains. Wide spread west of the Cacades, less common eastward. Grows in a wide variety of habitats, from sea level to mid elevations. Needs sun but tolerates some shade, often growing along forest edges, shrubby wetlands, meadows, prairies, and pastures. Several supspecies identified.
- nutkana: variant of Nootka, name of the Native Peoples inhabiting Vancouver Island in British Columbia and northwest Washington
- Corvallis: Bruce Starker Park, wetland south of the pond along multi-use path
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plant habit, late spring
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leaf base (stipules) and stem (prickle)
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bud and opening bloom
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plant habit, flowering
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flowering branch
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flower
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flower and after petal drop
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flower, comparison
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fruit, early fall
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mature fruit
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mature fruit, calyx attached
