Blooms: May-July
Habit: shrub
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska south to California, east to the central U.S. and eastern Canada.
Habitat: Valleys and hillsides at low elevations to forest openings at mid-elevations in the mountains.
Habit: shrub
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska south to California, east to the central U.S. and eastern Canada.
Habitat: Valleys and hillsides at low elevations to forest openings at mid-elevations in the mountains.
Species Description:
General: Shrub 1-2 m. tall, more or less prickly or nearly unarmed, usually with well-developed, straight, slim, infrastipular prickles.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, deciduous, odd-pinnate with 5-9 leaflets; leaflets elliptic or obovate, wedge-shaped toward the base, up to 5 cm. long and 2.5 cm. wide, sharply serrate.
Flowers: Flowers fairly small, several in flat-topped inflorescences at the branch tips; sepals 5, 1-2 cm. long and 2-3.5 mm. wide at the base, persistent; petals 1.5-2.5 cm. long, light pink to deep rose; stamens numerous, and pistils many.
Fruits: Hips globose to ellipsoid, 6-12 mm. long, red.
General: Shrub 1-2 m. tall, more or less prickly or nearly unarmed, usually with well-developed, straight, slim, infrastipular prickles.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, deciduous, odd-pinnate with 5-9 leaflets; leaflets elliptic or obovate, wedge-shaped toward the base, up to 5 cm. long and 2.5 cm. wide, sharply serrate.
Flowers: Flowers fairly small, several in flat-topped inflorescences at the branch tips; sepals 5, 1-2 cm. long and 2-3.5 mm. wide at the base, persistent; petals 1.5-2.5 cm. long, light pink to deep rose; stamens numerous, and pistils many.
Fruits: Hips globose to ellipsoid, 6-12 mm. long, red.
Subspecies & Varieties:
Ours is var. ultramontana
Accepted Name:
Rosa woodsii Lindl.Synonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Rosa woodsii
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Rosa woodsii specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Rosa woodsii specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Rosa woodsii treatment.
E-Flora BC: Rosa woodsii atlas page.
CalPhotos: Rosa woodsii images.
USDA Plants Database: Rosa woodsii.
Don Knoke, 2005
Bud Kovalchik
Ben Legler, 2006
Ben Legler, 2006
Ben Legler, 2006
Ben Legler, 2006
Ben Legler, 2006
Don Knoke, 2008
Don Knoke, 2008
Don Knoke, 2008
Douglas Houck, 2009
Douglas Houck, 2009
Douglas Houck, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2010
G. D. Carr, 2010
G. D. Carr, 2010
G. D. Carr, 2010
G. D. Carr, 2010
G. D. Carr, 2010
G. D. Carr, 2010
G. D. Carr, 2010
Walter Siegmund, 2011
Walter Siegmund, 2011
Walter Siegmund, 2011
Walter Siegmund, 2011
Harry Thomas, 2011
Douglas Houck, 2012
Douglas Houck, 2012
Ron Bockelman, 2009
Ron Bockelman, 2009
Ron Bockelman, 2009
Ron Bockelman, 2009
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