Rosa Acicularis

Scientific Name: Rosa acicularis

Common Name: prickly rose

Symbol: ROAC

Category: Dicot

Genus: Rosa

Family: Rosaceae

Family Common Name: Rose family

Order: Rosales

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Duration: Perennial

Growth Habit: Subshrub

Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N)

Flower Color: Red

Flower Conspicuous: Yes

Foliage Color: Green

Foliage Texture: Fine

Fruit Color: Red

Edible: yes

A pale flowered rose

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Scientific Name: Rosa acicularis

Common Name(s): Prickly Rose, Wild Rose

Edible: yes

Medicinal: yes

Parts Used: fruit, leaf

wildWoman
2 Aug, 2008

A very common shrub across much of North America and well-known to most people. The shoots, hips, petals and leaves are all edible, with 3 hips providing as much vitamin c as one whole orange, as well as a host of other vitamins and minerals. The hips make good tea, jam, jelly and syrup, as well as a tasty snack. Medicinal purposes include using an infusion of the petals as an eyewash and rinse for ulcerated skin infections. The tea from the hips is said to aid with menstrual cramps. Because of the moisturizing properties of the petals, these make a fine ingredient in salves, skin lotion and lip balm.

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