[Shrubs with Compound-pinnate Leaves]

Family:

Rose Family

Habitat:

Pearhip Rose is found in moist open ground and open woods in the east Columbia River Gorge.

Characteristics:

1. Woody shrub with small 5-petaled pink flowers. The flowers are often clustered. Blooms in May.

2. Leaves with 5-7 pinnately compound leaflets. The leaflets are ovate and with toothed margins. Individual teeth may be greater than 1 mm in length.

3. Numerous tiny prickles on the stems.

4. Flowers form red seed pods (essentially similar to miniature apples) called hips. The hips and flowers are usually solitary (not in clusters)

Uses:

1. Dried flower petals for scents, potpourri

2. Rose hips are high in vitamin C, may be made into jam, tea, and used as flavoring.

Paul Slichter