Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Rosa mohavensis Parish, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. 1: 87. 1902
Rosa californica glabrala Parish, Erythea 6: 88. 1898.
Stem slender, 5-10 dm. high, brown, glabrous, terete, armed with scattered prickles, which are 3-5 mm. long, straight or nearly so, slightly flattened below; floral branches short, less than 1 dm. long, more or less prickly; stipules adnate, narrow, glabrous, mostly entire, 1 cm. long or less; petiole and rachis glabrous, occasionally with a few prickles; leaflets usually 5, oval or elliptic, 5-15 mm. long, serrate, short-petioluled, glabrous on both sides, more or less shining above; flowers solitary, rarely 2 or 3; pedicels glabrous, about 1 cm. long; hypanthium globose, glabrous; sepals lanceolate, caudate-attenuate, about 1 cm. long; petals rose-colored, obcordate, about 1.5 cm. long; styles distinct, persistent, not exserted.
Type locality: Cushenberry Springs, at the desert foot of the San Bernardino Mountains, California.
Distribution: Borders of Mojave Desert, California.
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1918. ROSACEAE (conclusio). North American flora. vol 22(6). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
