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Rosa spithamea is a species of rose known by the common names ground rose and coast ground rose. It is native to Oregon and California, where it grows in forest and chaparral habitats, especially areas recently burned. Rosa spithamea is a small shrub growing no taller than about half a meter. The stem is studded with a few or many prickles. The glandular leaves are each made up of several double-toothed oval leaflets, the terminal leaflet up to 3 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a cyme of up to 10 flowers with pink petals each up to 1. 5 centimeters in length. The fruit is a rose hip about a centimeter wide. Rosa spithamea is a small shrub growing no taller than about half a meter. The stem is studded with a few or many prickles. The glandular leaves are each made up of several double-toothed oval leaflets, the terminal leaflet up to 3 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a cyme of up to 10 flowers with pink petals each up to 1. 5 centimeters in length. The fruit is a rose hip about a centimeter wide.

Plant type

Shrub

Size

2 ft Tall

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Color

Pink

Flowering season

Spring, Summer

Special uses

Groundcover, Deer resistant

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Ease of care

Moderate

Sunset Zones

4, 5, 6, 7*, 14, 15*, 16*, 17

Site type

Open slopes

Plant communities

Chaparral, Douglas-Fir Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Yellow Pine Forest

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 59 likely

Confirmed Likely

Garden Webworm Moth

Achyra rantalis

Brittania Moth

Acleris britannia

Acleris keiferi

Destructive Pruneworm Moth

Acrobasis tricolorella