Rosaceae Rosa nutkana K. Presl

Nootka Rose

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Good Luck Charm

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 131

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Scientific name: Rosa nutkana K. Presl
USDA symbol: RONUN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Nootka Rose
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Good Luck Charm
Notes: Branches boiled in water and used to soak fishing lines and nets to obtain good luck.

RECRD: 12907 id: 34060

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