Rosaceae Rosa nutkana K. Presl

Nootka Rose

Saanich - Food, Fruit

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 87

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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: Saanich
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Hips eaten raw in fall.

RECRD: 47653 id: 34071

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