Scientific Family
Rosaceae
Synonyms
Rosa arizonica
Other common names
Arizona rose
wild rose
Tehachapi rose
Plant type
Shrubs
Riparian
Yes
Plant Description
Origin
Native
Similar species
Rosa fendleri
This is the most abundant rose in Arizona. Grows relatively low to the ground and is multi-branched. Grows smaller than the Rosa fendleri.
Shrubs, grow singly or in clumps; reddish bark branches covered by prickles which may be straight, curved or hooked; leaves are compound and hairless; flowers solitary or 2 to several, arranged in clusters at the ends of lateral branches
Height
3 feet
Width
3 feet
Habitat
Habitat description
Along streams and in pine forests.
Plant Community
Riparian
Montane Conifer Forest
Low elevation
4000
High elevation
9000
Leaves
Leaf color
Dark Green
Leaf type
Compound
Leaf shape
Round or oval
Leaf margin
Toothed
Leaf hairs
None
Spines
Yes
Leaf Drop
Deciduous
Dark green above, lighter beneath, pinnate, 3 to 9 toothed, to 2-1/2 inches long, oval to elliptical leaflets, toothed margins, each to
3/4 inch long.
Flowers
Flower color
Pink
Flower shape
Regular
Tubular
No
First bloom month
May
Last bloom month
July
Pink with 5 wavy petals, uneven in size, yellow stamens, frangrant, to 1-3/4 inches wide. Flowers are smaller than on the Rosa
fendleri.
Flower clusters
None
Fruit
Fruit color
Red
Fruit type
Berry-like
Berrylike fruit (hip), turns red when mature.