Latin name: Rosa arkansana Porter
Botanical family: Rosaceae
Growth habit: Shrub
Vernacular name(s): wild prairie rose (Eng.)
rosier des prairies (Fr.)
bi'jikiwi'ginig (Ojibwa)
Uses:
Roots :Mixed with the roots of other plants (Solidago juncea, Polygala senega, Artemisia frigida, and Astragalus crassicarpus) in a decoction taken internally for convulsions. Mixed with Artemisia frigida, Astragalus crassicarpus and Polygola senega in a decoction used on wounds to stop bleeding [Ojibwa 47].