Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Allium cepa L.

Origin: introduced

Common names:

Basal or bussul (1886, Modern Egyptian) (110)

Bezalim (1886, Hebrew, probably this species) (110)

Bolle (1900, German) (158)

Caepa (77 AD, Pliny) (110)

Common onion (1768) (165)

Cultivated onion (1930) (106)

Garden onion (1840-Present) (19, 50, 155)

Krommunda (1886, Modern Greek) (110)

Krommuon (322 BC, Theophrastus) (110)

Latarka (1886, India) (110)

Multiplier onion (1949) (109)

Oignon commun (1900, French) (158)

Onion (1886-1949, from union because bulb never throws off any offsets) (49, 53, 92, 109, 110, 138, 158)

Palandu (1886, India) (110)

Sakandaka (1886, India) (110)

Tsung (1886, China) (110)

Xonacatl (1813, Mexico, Humboldt) (110)

Zipolle (1900, German) (158)

Zweibel (1900, German) (158)