Rosa nutkana (Nootka Rose) Local Nootka rose fruits (rose hips)

Nootka rose fruits (rose hips) are edible raw or cooked and are full of vitamins

Sun needs: Full sun to full shade

Other wildlife also benefit from this plant

but glandular with whitish hairs bellow

the fragrant flowers have 5 white to pink colored petals and are in flat topped clusters

Rosa nutkana (Nootka Rose) Local Nootka rose fruits (rose hips)Plant Description: A large, slightly arching shrub that can be thicket forming with stems that range from quite prickly to almost thornless. Young stems appear pinkish green but blacken with age. Light green leaves are pinnately compound with 5 7 slightly hairy sharply toothed leaflets. Leaves are glandular releasing a spicy fragrance on warmer days. The large 4 in wide flowers are in clusters of 1 4, with pink to purple colored petals. Flowers bloom