Rosa pinetorum

Pine rose

Family: Rosaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Pine rose is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native shrub found in western central Coast Ranges in pine woodland at elevations generally below 300 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces pink flowers about 15 to 20 millimeters wide with delicate petals. Growing as a dwarf shrub less than 1 meter tall, it spreads through open rhizomes and features numerous prickles that are 3 to 10 millimeters long. Its compound leaves have 5 to 7 leaflets, with terminal leaflets 10 to 30 millimeters long, elliptic in shape and featuring single or double-toothed margins. The fruit is spherical, approximately 12 millimeters wide, with persistent erect sepals and small achenes 3 to 4 millimeters long.

Habitat: Pine woodland

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: generally < 300 m

Bioregions: w-c CW.

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.