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Nootka rose

Rosa nutkana

Photo by Brian38
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Field Notes

Description:

Pink petals with contrasting yellow anthers. Growing in a large thicket about 4 meters tall.

Habitat:

Spotted growing along the Snoqualmie river. Native to western North America.

Notes:

Rosa nutkana was used medicinally by a great number of indigenous peoples to treat a wide variety of ailments, and also ceremonially, in handcrafts, and as a food source. Nootka rose serves as the larval host of the mourning cloak and grey hairstreak butterflies.

Reference Links:

Rosa nutkana - Wikipedia

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