| Scientific Name: | Rosa nutkana |
| Common Name: | Nootka rose |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Dense, Spreading, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract birds, Erosion control, Fall interest, Forestry, Fragrance, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Hedge row, Herb, Mixed shrub border, Reclamation, Screening, Summer interest, Wildlife food, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Rocky or gravelly or dry |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glandular hairs, Odd-pinnate, Elliptic, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Pink, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Achene, (Accessory tissue), Red, Aug-Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Medium to tall shrub (0.5-) 1.5-3m tall, spreading by rhizomes and often thicket-forming; stems stout to spindly, erect to arching, prickles usually straight with broad base, and in pairs at each node (usually lacking internodal prickles); mature stems blackish; leaflets ovate to elliptic (1-)2-5(-9)cm long, coarsely double-toothed (common on coast) or single (east of the Cascade Mountains); flowers (4-)5-7(-8)cm wide, usually solitary (or 2 or 3 in a cluster); petals (2) 2.5-4cm long, bright red to purple-pink (rarely white); sepals 1.5-4cm long, persistent; hips globe- to pear-shaped, 1-2cm long, ripens into a purplish-red, with numerous achenes. (Modified from E-Flora BC. and the Index of Garden Plants) | |