California Rose

Rosa californica

Summary 7

Rosa californica, the California wild rose, is a species of rose native to the U.S. states of California and Oregon and the northern part of Baja California, Mexico. The plant is native to chaparral and woodlands and the Sierra Nevada foothills, and can survive drought, though it grows most abundantly in moist soils near water sources.

Localities documented in tropicos sources 8

Rosa californica Cham. & Schltdl.:
United States (North America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Terrie Miller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/71584508@N00/3634883920
  2. (c) 2009 Barry Breckling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=306250&one=T
  3. (c) 2009 Barry Breckling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=306251&one=T
  4. (c) 1999 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=18629&one=T
  5. (c) 1999 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=24217&one=T
  6. (c) 1999 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=19867&one=T
  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_californica
  8. (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/22198092

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