| California wildrose | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rosa |
| Species: | R. californica
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| Binomial name | |
| Rosa californica | |
Rosa californica, the California wildrose,[1] 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.[2][3]
This thorny, flowering, fruit-bearing shrub is also deciduous, and grows vertically up to six feet tall.[4][5] The meaning of its name is twofold; Rosa, that it resembles or is composed of roses, and californica, that it originates from California.[4]
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rosa californica". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ "R. californica Taxon page". Jepson Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ "Rosa californica Plants Profile". USDA. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ a b "California Wild Rose". Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ "California (Wild) Rose, Rosa californica". nathistoc.bio.uci.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-13.