| Rosa gymnocarpa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rosa |
| Species: | R. gymnocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Rosa gymnocarpa Nutt. | |
Rosa gymnocarpa is a species of rose native to western North America. It is known by the common names dwarf rose, baldhip rose, and wood rose. It grows in shady, damp, and rich forests.
Description
Rosa gymnocarpa is a perennial shrub growing up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height. Its stem is covered with long, straight spines which may or may not be abundant.
The pink or white fragrant flowers are flat and open-faced with five petals in most any shade of pink to almost lavender. Its fruit is a red rose hip containing hard tan achenes that contain the seeds. The sepals fall away from the hip earlier than in other species of rose, hence the name baldhip rose. The leaves are pinnately compound, alternate, with 5 to 9 leaflets, each of which are 1 to 4 cm. Leaflets are elliptic to ovate to round.
See also
References
- NRCS. "Rosa gymnocarpa". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- "Rosa gymnocarpa | Landscape Plants | Oregon State University". landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
External links
Media related to Rosa gymnocarpa at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Rosa gymnocarpa at Wikispecies- Jepson Manual Treatment - Rosa gymnocarpa
- USDA Plants Profile: Rosa gymnocarpa
- Rosa gymnocarpa - Photo gallery of plant, flowers and hips
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| Rosa gymnocarpa |
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- Roses
- Flora of the West Coast of the United States
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of California
- Flora of Idaho
- Flora of Montana
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of Washington (state)
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Bird food plants
- Garden plants of North America