Rosaceae Rosa nutkana K. Presl

Nootka Rose

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Protection

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: Protection
Notes: Branches placed around the house and yard of the deceased to keep his or her spirit from returning.

RECRD: 12920 id: 34064

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