- rose petals are edible.
- buds are edible.
- young shoots are edible.
- young leaves are edible.
- fruit (hip) of the plant is edible.
- hips can be eaten fresh or dried for storage.
- only the outer shell of the rosehip is edible, discard the mass of hard, hairy seeds.
- grows in plains, foothill, montane, and subalpine regions.
- varieties in the Pacific Northwest include Arkansas rose (Rosa arkansana), Prickly wild rose (Rosa acicularis), Prairie rose (Rosa woodsii), Baldhip rose (Rosa gymnocarpa) and Nootka rose (Rosa nutkana).
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