Dew-covered wild rose leaves along Elysium trail.
Between blooms and rosehips, the herb-drier in me can't get enough of all the wild roses around. Since we are officially roamschooling our way through the alpine meadows and forests of Colorado, it makes sense to observe the differences between the species.
At first, we thought the only difference was in the color of the petals- but we learned our lesson by observing the tiny prickles on the stem of the prickly roses.
WILD ROSE
(Rosa woodsi)
PRICKLY ROSE
(Rosa acicularis)
Long, skinny rosehips
Robust, hippy rosehips
