Rosaceae FAMILY

Rosa nutkana

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 nutkana is a prickly, deciduous shrub forming a loose to dense cluster of erect to spreading, densely or openly-branched stems that can be 40 - 250cm tall, exceptionally to 400cm. The plant can form dense thickets of growth[ 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 and medicine. The plant is often grown as an ornamental, where it can be used to form a hedge.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeNorthern and western N. America - Alaska, Northern Territories, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California

HabitatWoods and open places at moderate elevations[ 60 Title Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Publication Author Hitchcock. C. L. Publisher University of Washington Press Year 1955 ISBN - Description A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader. ]. Rocky coasts and bluffs, stream banks, edges of woods, roadsides;; at elevations up to 3,800 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. ].