Rosa woodsii subsp. ultramontana

Interior rose, Interior Rose

Family: Rosaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Interior rose is a California native shrub found in northern Sierra Nevada, northern Sierra Nevada eastern slopes, Modoc Plateau, and northern Sierra Eastern areas in generally moist habitats at elevations of 1,000 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces pale pink to white flowers in small clusters of 1 to 12 blossoms. Growing with openly branched stems 1 to 2 meters tall, it bears slender prickles 2 to 7 millimeters long that are sparse along the branches. Its leaves have multiple leaflets with serrated edges, characteristic of wild rose species. The fruit develops as a generally ovoid hip, typical of rose family shrubs.

Habitat: Generally +- moist areas

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 1000-2500 m

Bioregions: CaRH, n SNH, MP, n SNE

California counties: Modoc, Nevada, Mono, Inyo, Placer, Kern, Tulare, Plumas, Siskiyou, Lassen, Sierra, Trinity, Del Norte, Butte, Fresno, Madera, Alpine, Tehama, Ventura, San Diego, Tuolumne, El Dorado, Amador

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