Rosa gymnocarpa var. gymnocarpa
Wood rose
Family: Rosaceae · Type: shrub · Native
Wood rose is a California native shrub found in northwestern California, the Cascade Range, northern and central Sierra Nevada, central western California, Peninsular Ranges, and Modoc Plateau in forest and scrub habitats at elevations of 30 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces small, delicate flowers with pink to pale rose-colored petals. Growing with upright stems 0.5 to 2 meters tall, it forms an open, somewhat sprawling shrub with arching branches. Its compound leaves typically have 7 to 9 leaflets, with terminal leaflets 10 to 30 millimeters long, elliptic to obovate with slightly obtuse tips. The fruit is an ellipsoid to nearly spherical hip 5 to 12 millimeters wide, containing 4 to 10 achenes.
Habitat: Common. Generally in shade of forest, scrub, generally not ultramafic substrates
Bloom period: (Feb)Apr-Jul
Elevation: 30-2000 m
Bioregions: NW, CaR, n&c SN, CW, PR, MP
California counties: Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, Plumas, San Luis Obispo, Humboldt, Amador, San Diego, Del Norte, San Mateo, Lake, Monterey
Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.