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Rosa nutkana
Pink petals with contrasting yellow anthers. Growing in a large thicket about 4 meters tall.
Spotted growing along the Snoqualmie river. Native to western North America.
Rosa nutkana was used medicinally by a great number of indigenous peoples to treat a wide variety of ailments, and also ceremonially, in handcrafts, and as a food source. Nootka rose serves as the larval host of the mourning cloak and grey hairstreak butterflies.
Spotted on May 28, 2018
Submitted on Jun 9, 2018
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