Wildflower of the valley
Wild Rose
Rosa macrophylla
- How easy to find
- Easy to see — you will see it easily on the trail
- Flower size
- Medium to large
- Family
- Rosaceae (Rose family)
- Local name
- Ban Gulab, Dand Kunja
- Type
- Shrub
- Height
- 3 m
- Altitude
- 2400–3600 m
- Flower colour
- Pink
- Flowering
- June to August
About Wild Rose
Rosa is a Latin name and it means rose genus or the colour. Rosa Macrophylla is a large and very graceful shrub of elegant growth and foliage of height 3 m. Well poised and clear pink flowers.All the Flowers are held singly or can be in small clusters. They are followed by bristly, long, red-colored flagon-shaped hanging fruits. Dark red-brown stems and few thorns. One of the most magnificent species of roses with exhuberant growth that also forms a thick canopy of shade.
Where to find it
- Along the trail from Govindghat to Ghangaria
- Near the entrance of the valley
- In the middle of the valley
- In the deeper parts of the valley
Habitat
Margins of forest and in open occasionally
Uses & folklore
Flowers being used for skin diseases and fruit pulp is edible.
What the name means
Rosa is the classical Latin name for rose, of ancient Mediterranean origin; macrophylla means "large-leaved" (Greek makros + phyllon).
