Rosa rugosa
Wrinkled Rose
Family Rosaceae
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Use
Tea, Jelly, Raw, Salad, Candy. The rose hip (fruiting body) can be used to make tea, jelly, or can be eaten raw. The fresh petals can be added to salads, made into jelly, or made into candy.
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Description
Growth Form: Coarse shrub in dense clumps. Bristly stems. Flower grows atop stem.
Leaves: Compound. 5-9 Leaflets. Strongly wrinkled with toothed edges, parallel secondary veins, and medium length petioles.
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Leaves
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Flowers
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Flowers: Pink to white. Five petals.
Fruits: Rose hip. Bright red with five calyx lobes at the end.
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Habitat and Range
Seashores, sand dunes, and disturbed land (roadsides). Originally from Asia. Northern United States and Canada.
Season
Leaves harvested Spring through Summer. Fruit harvested almost year round.
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Fruits
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Whole Plant
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Fun Facts
The rose hip is high in Vitamin C and can stay on the bush through the winter!
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