Rosa californica - California wild rose

California wild rose (Rosa californica) is a deciduous shrub native to California, its fruit, seeds, and blossoms edible and its stems used for basketry rims; the fine hairs around the seeds can irritate and should be removed before eating.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Full sun¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Fibre¹

Type

• Rosa spp. - Rose
• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Rosa californica | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹²

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩