Rosaceae FAMILY

Rosa californica

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

There is a layer of hairs around the seeds just beneath the flesh of the fruit. These hairs can cause irritation to the mouth and digestive tract if ingested.

Botanical Description

Rosa californica is a prickly, deciduous shrub producing at cluster of erect to ascending, densely to openly-branched stems that can grow around 80 - 250cm tall. The plant usually forms thickets[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials. It is occasionally grown on a garden scale for its fruits in the USA[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ], and is sometimes grown as an ornamental.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern N. America - Oregon, California, Baja California Norte.

HabitatSunny streamsides, slough banks, mesic draws, moist areas in open woodlands, brushlands, and grasslands; at elevations up to 1,800 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].