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Nootka Rose
Rosa nutkana
hips are bland tasting, clustered 1-3
leaf consists of 3-7 leaflets
bush has curved prickles
bush grows 3 meters high
WARNING:
The seeds are inedible.
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Look-alikes in British Columbia
The similar-looking
prickly wild rose
(
Rosa acicularis
) also produces edible hips but differs in that the thorns are straight rather than curved.
See also
rugosa rose
,
balhip rose
, and
Wood's rose
.
Related topics:
Edible Mushrooms of BC
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Edible Plants of BC
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