Rosaceae Rosa arkansana Porter
Prairie Rose
Omaha - Drug, Eye Medicine
Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 336
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Rosa arkansana Porter
Scientific name: Rosa arkansana Porter
USDA symbol: ROARA (
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Common names: Prairie Rose
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Omaha
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Roots used for eye troubles.
RECRD: 93762 id: 33947