Rosaceae Rosa blanda Ait.
Smooth Rose
Potawatomi - Drug, Orthopedic Aid
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 78
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Rosa blanda Ait.
Scientific name: Rosa blanda Ait.
USDA symbol: ROBLB (
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Common names: Smooth Rose
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Orthopedic Aid
Notes: Infusion of root taken for lumbago.
RECRD: 93773 id: 33970