Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Acorus calamus L.

Family: Acoraceae

Origin: native

Common names:

Acore Odorant (1828, French) (7)

Acore vrai (1900, French) (158)

Bastard calamus aromaticus (1671, Josselyn) (46)

Beewort (1900-1929) (5, 64, 156, 157, 158)

Calami Radix (1828, Official name of Materia Medica) (7)

Calamo aromatico (1900, Spanish, Italian) (158)

Calamus (1818-Present, Ordway) (5, 10, 19, 49, 50, 53, 57, 58, 59, 64, 92, 93, 97, 121, 155, 156, 158)

Calamus Aromaticus (1768-1828, Official name of Materia Medica) (7, 165)

Calamus root [Calamus-root] (1886-1937) (72, 85, 101, 122, 138, 156, 157)

Calmus (1894-1900, NJ) (75, 158)

Cinnamon-sedge [Cinnamon sedge] (1900-1908) (64, 158)

Common calamus aromaticus (1768) (165)

Common sweetflag [Common sweet flag] (1895) (2)

Common sweet-rush (1768) (165)

Drug sweetflag (1942) (155)

Flag root [Flag-root] (1828-1936) (5, 7, 93, 156, 157)

Hoxwa (1918?-1970?, Lakota) (121)

Kalmus (1828, German) (7, 158)

Myrtleflag [Myrtle flag, Myrtle-flag] (1828-1929) (5, 7, 64, 156, 157, 158)

Myrtle-grass [Myrtle grass] (1900-1908) (5, 64, 92, 156, 158)

Myrtle-sedge [Myrtle-sedge] (1900-1908) (5, 64, 156, 158)

Peze bthaθka (1918?-1970?,Osage, flat herb) (121)

Sea-sedge [Sea sedge] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Sedge root (1913) (5)

Sedge-cane [Sedge cane] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Sedge-grass [Sedge grass] (1913-1929) (5, 156, 157)

Sedge-rush [Sedge rush] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Siηkpe tawote (1918?-1970?, Lakota, muskrat food) (121)

Šuηkace (1918?-1970?, Lakota, dog penis) (121)

Sweet root [Sweetroot] (1828-1923, Ordway) (7, 64, 92, 156, 158)

Sweet segg (1900-1908) (64, 158)

Sweet-cane [Sweet cane] (1828-1929) (7, 64, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Sweetflag [Sweet flag, Sweet-flag] (1818-1977) (3, 5, 7, 10, 14, 19, 49, 53, 55, 57, 58, 64, 85, 92, 93, 97, 109, 120, 121, 156, 157, 158)

Sweet-grass [Sweet grass] (1828-1908) (7, 64, 92, 158)

Sweet-myrtle [Sweet myrtle] (1900-1929) (5, 64, 156, 157, 158)

Sweet-rush [Sweet rush] (1828-1923) (7, 64, 92, 156, 158)

Sweet-sedge [Sweet sedge] (1876-1923) (64, 92, 156, 158)

Vacha (1911, India) (59)

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