Rosaceae FAMILY

Rosa pisocarpa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

There is a layer of hairs around the seeds just beneath the flesh of the fruit. These hairs can cause irritation to the mouth and digestive tract if ingested.

Botanical Description

Rosa pisocarpa is a prickly, deciduous shrub producing a cluster of ascending to erect, open-branched stems that are usually around 40 - 200cm tall.. The plant can produce dense thickets of growth[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern N. America - British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and California.

HabitatCoasts, stream banks, riparian areas, open and low places, sedge meadows, swamps, roadside hedges, thickets, montane oak belts; at elevations from 30 - 2,100 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].