Rosaceae Rosa arkansana Porter

Prairie Rose

Lakota - Food, Starvation Food

Use documented by:
Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 39

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Scientific name: Rosa arkansana Porter
USDA symbol: ROARA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Prairie Rose
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Lakota
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Starvation Food
Notes: Hips eaten during famines.

RECRD: 46107 id: 33946