Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Ambrosia artemisaefolia L., Ambrosia artemisifolia L.,Ambrosia longistylis Nutt., Ambrosia media Rydb.

Common names:

Ambrosia (1876-1917) (57, 92)

Ambrosie (1892, French) (6)

Annual ragweed (Present) (50)

Bastard wormwood (1892-1900) (6, 158)

Bitterweed [Bitter-weed, Bitter weed] (1869-1896, 1923, from effect on milk when eaten by cattle) (6, 58, 75, 76, 156, 158)

Blackweed [Black-weed] (1896-1923?, Long Island, obsolete by 1923) (76, 156, 158)

Caηxlogaη waštemna (1918?-1970?Lakota, odorous weed) (121)

Carrotweed [Carrot weed, Carrot-weed] (1892-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (6, 156, 158)

Common ragweed (1898-1986) (3, 4, 92, 155, 156, 158)

Conotweed [Conot weed] (1892) (6)

False wormwood (1923) (156)

Hay-fever weed (1923) (156)

Hogweed [Hog-weed, Hog weed] (1869-1923) (2, 6, 58, 62, 76, 80, 92, 156, 158)

Mugwort-leaf ambrosia [Mugwort-leaved ambrosia] (1768) (165)

Oak-of-Cappadocia [Oak of Cappadocia] (1671, Josselyn) (46)

Ragweed [Rag weed, Rag-weed] (1869-1917D) (2, 6, 57, 58, 62, 72, 95, 131, 145, 158)

Roman wormwood (1869-1930) (2, 6, 48, 58, 62, 82, 156, 158)

Short ragweed (1986) (4)

Small ragweed (1913-1930, IA) (80, 82)

Smaller ragweed (1913, IA) (80)

Stammerwort [Stammer-wort] (1876-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (92, 156, 158)

Stickweed [Stick-weed] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (156, 158)

Tasselweed [Tassel weed, Tassel-weed] (1892-1923?, Hingham MA, obsolete by 1923) (73, 156, 158)

Traubenkraut (1892, German) (6)

Wild tansy (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (156, 158)