Wood's Rose

Rosa woodsii

Photographed by Mike Plagens along Sycamore Creek in the Pine Mountain Wilderness, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA. 07 June 2009.

FLOWERS: Usually five large showy petals, frequently pink in color, surrounding numerous stamens at center. Blooming spring and early summer.

LEAVES: Pinnate leaves divided into three or five leaflets. The leaflets are toothed on their margins.

SHRUB: A woody shrub, often with sparse, rambling branches occasionally almost two meters in height, but usually much shorter.

RANGE: In Arizona's sycamore galleries this plant tends to occur on the deep soil of terraces adjacent to the main channel in the partial shade of bigger trees. It is more likely at higher elevations above 1500 m. and is more common on hillsides up slope in ponderosa woodlands.

FRUIT: A rose hip - an enclosure formed from a partly fleshy hypanthium (derived from stem tip). Within the hip are hard seeds each derived from separate ovuole (achene).

ARMED. Stems have varying numbers of weak prickles.

Rosaceae -- Rose Family

More Information:

• Jepson Manual
• Southwest Colorado Wildflowers
• USDA Plant Profile
• ITIS Taxonomic Report
• Google Images
• Google Scholar Literature Search

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