Rosa gymnocarpa var. serpentina

Gasquet rose

Family: Rosaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.3

Gasquet rose is a rare (CNPS 1B.3) California native shrub found in the Klamath Ranges in full sun chaparral and dwarf forest on ultramafic substrates at elevations of 400 to 1,500 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces pink to pale flowers typically 3 to 4 centimeters wide with delicate, loosely clustered petals. Growing 1 to 6 meters tall with spreading, somewhat arching branches, it forms a graceful, open woodland shrub. Its compound leaves feature 5 to 7 leaflets, with the terminal leaflet widely elliptic and 4 to 20 millimeters long, characterized by a distinctively rounded or obtuse tip. The fruit develops as an irregularly ovoid to ellipsoid structure 4 to 8 millimeters wide, containing 1 to 4 achenes.

Habitat: Full sun in chaparral, dwarf forest on ultramafic substrates

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: 400-1500 m

Bioregions: KR

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