California wild rose

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Rosa californica, the California wildrose, or California 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.

• It belongs to the Rosaceae family. ^iNaturalist
• USDA PLANTS describes it as a subshrub with a perennial life cycle. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS lists it as native in the lower 48 states and records it in 2 states. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• NatureServe lists it as native to California. ^NatureServe
• In California, most iNaturalist sightings of it in flower come in April–September. ^iNaturalist
• USDA PLANTS lists its flower color as red. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS gives its bloom period as summer. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS lists a mature height of about 10 ft. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• iNaturalist has 11,718 research-grade sightings of it in California, ranking #76 among the 110 flowers on our California list. ^iNaturalist