Sweetbriar rose
Rosa rubiginosa
Washington State Classification
Monitor List
This plant is on the monitor list.
Quick Reference
Identification
Growth Habit
Vigorous shrubs, stems arching, growing 6.6 to 9.8 feet (2 to 3 meters) tall.
Leaves
Leaves alternately arranged, pinnately compound, having 5 to 7, sometimes 9 leaflets. Leaflets rounded to oval in shape, with gland-tipped, serrated margins. Leaves have an apple scent.
Flowers
Flowers solitary or in panicles of 2-3, sometimes up to 7 flowers. Flowers are 0.8 to 1.6 inches (2-4 cm) wide, cupped, with five pale to dark pink petals.
Fruit & Seeds
Fruits (hips) are scarlet-red, ovoid to spherical 1 to 2 cm (0.4 to 0.8 inches), smooth or with some glandular bristles at the base. The sepals have stalked glands, more or less spreading out, rarely reflexed, and are late to fall off.
Impact
This plant is on the monitor list. Please contact the Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board to report location or for more information.
Ecology & Spread
Habitat
Plants are documented by herbarium records growing in Grant, Asotin, and Skagit counties as well as in the Sinlahekin Wildlife Area in Okanogan County.
Spread Mechanisms
Reproduction
Seed spready by wildlife, root suckers
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