Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Achillea millefolium L.

Origin: native & introduced

Scientific synonyms:Achillea asplenifolia Vent.

Common names:

A'djidamo'wano (1928, Chippewa, squirrel tail) (40)

Bloodwort (1900-1929) (69, 157, 158)

Camil (1900, verbal corruption) (158)

Cammock (1900, ,misapplied) (158)

Carpenter's grass, Carpenter's-grass (1900-1904) (69, 158)

Common milfoil [Common millfoil] (1768-1899) (41, 63, 165)

Common yarrow (1768-Present) (2, 6, 45, 50, 63, 109, 138, 155, 156, 165)

Dog-daisy (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Feldgarbe (1900, German) (158)

Gachelkraut (1900, German) (158)

Gordaldo (1923) (156)

Gordoloba or Gordolobo (1896-1900) (69, 76, 158)

Green-arrow [Green arrow] (1900-1929) (69, 157, 158)

Hank-sintsh (Winnebago, woodchuck tail) (1919) (37)

Herb-aux-Charpentiers [Herbe aux Charpentiers] (1900-1923, French) (156, 158)

Hundred-leaf-grass [Hundred-leaved grass] (1919-1923) (107, 156)

Milfoil [Millefoil] (1649-1939) (2, 6, 7, 19, 28. 37,46, 49, 53, 57, 58, 62, 69, 85, 92, 95, 101, 107, 109, 122, 127, 148, 156, 157, 158)

Millefeuille (1892-1900, French) (6, 158)

Millefolium alpinum (1768, Clusius, not A. alpinum) (165)

Millefolium purpureum majus (1768, Bauhin) (165)

Millefolium terrestre vulgare (1768, Ger. herb.) (165)

Millefolium vulgare (1768, Park. theatr.) (165)

Nosebleed [Nose-bleed] (1892-1929) (6, 69, 92, 107, 148, 156, 157, 158)

Nosebleed sanguinary [Nosebleed-sanguinary] (1923) (156)

Old-man's-pepper [Old man's pepper] (1900-1929) (69, 156, 157, 158)

Sanguinary (1900-1923) (69, 107, 156, 158)

Schafgarbe (1892, German) (6, 158)

Schafgrippe (1900, German) (158)

Schafrippe (1892, German) (6)

Sneezefoil (1923) (156)

Soldier's woundwort (1900-1929) (69, 156, 157, 158)

Tansy (1900-1933) (127, 158)

Thousandleaf [Thousand leaf, Thousand-leaf] (1898-1922) (49, 53, 69, 156, 158)

Thousand-leaved clover (1900-1929) (69, 157, 158)

Thousandseal [Thousand seal, thousand-seal] (1919-1923) (107, 156)

Willd tansy [Wild tansey] (1806-1905, MT, possibly this species, also spelled tanzy) (35, 101)

Yarrow (1617-1939) (7, 19, 37, 40, 45, 46, 49, 52, 53, 57, 58, 61, 62, 72, 80, 82, 92, 93, 95, 97, 107, 122, 124, 127, 131, 148, 157, 158)

Yarroway (1900) (158)

Yerba-de-San-Juan (1923) (156)

Yerrow (1900) (158)