Scientific name:
Rosa gymnocarpa General: Spindly, to 1.5 m tall, usually with numerous soft, straight prickles, sometimes unarmed especially on younger stems, which are usually covered with stalked glands (use hand lens).
Leaves: Alternate, deciduous, compound with an odd number (5-9) of toothed leaflets; leaflets 1-4 cm long.
Flowers: Pale-pink to rose, small (1-2 cm across), 5 petals, numerous stamens; usually borne singly at the end of branches.
Fruits: Orange to scarlet, pear-shaped 'hips', 6-10 mm across, without attached sepal lobes; 'seeds' are bony, hairy achenes.
Ecology: In a variety of habitats, from open to wooded, dry to moist; at low to middle elevations.