Rosa gymnocarpa - Wood rose

Wood rose (Rosa gymnocarpa) is a deciduous shrub native to the Pacific coast of North America, its fruit, young shoots, and petals edible; the fine hairs around the seeds can irritate the mouth and digestive tract if eaten.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Full sun¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Rosa spp. - Rose
• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

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

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