Cane with Pom-Poms

Elgin, OR

Hi all,
I looked over several places on the site and couldn’t find anything that indicated this specimen. I found it in a sub alpine forrest around 3500 Ft. There was only one clump. In case the photo doesn’t load: it appears to be rose type canes with thorns. Rose type, opposite leaves. The tallest cane was 6ft. It had green and and red variegated pom-poms. The 1-2” hair resembles moss in texture. The largest was golf ball sized. Smaller ones were completely red. They joined immediately to the cane, no petiole. It had an intense raspberry odor.

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Castro Valley, CA

Ah, the 'moss' gives it away. Mossy rose gall wasp Very cool.

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