![]() Photo credit: Lynda Stevens The Nootka rose plant flowers over an extended period from late spring to mid-summer. As for other wild roses, there are 5 petals in the flower. Nootka rose flowers range in color from light-pink to a deep-rose pink. Here’s a link to some nice photographs of a rose flower (not Nootka rose) showing the different floral organs relative to each other. Like most wild roses, the Nootka rose has a whorl of five sepals, then five petals, numerous stamens and, in the center, the female ovary. We’re all familial with the beautiful flower of roses. Nootka rose prickles are straight and occurs in pairs, while those of the locally invasive sweetbriar rose ( Rosa eglanteria) are hooked and dispersed along the branches. Note the pairs of ‘prickles’ subtending (underneath) each leaf node. Stems on very old plants can appear almost black. Non-native roses in our area have curved or hooked prickles. The prickles occur in pairs just below the leaf node, and they’re more or less straight. The stems of Nootka rose have prickles (the correct botanical term for the thorns of roses is ‘prickles’). ![]() Note the compound leaves, usually 5-9 leaflets, toothed edges. Like other roses, the Nootka rose has compound leaves, usually with 5-9 toothed-edge leaflets per leaf. Some twigs of snowberry ( Symphoricarpos albus) are visible on the left in the photo). In favorable sites it can grow wide and tall (~3 m), while in dry exposed sites it exists as foot-high plants. The Nootka rose is common and abundant in our area and occurs in many spots, ranging from moist deep soils to dry meadows.
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