Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Anemone canadensis L.

Family: Ranunculaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Anemone aconitifolia Michx., Anemone dichotoma L., Anemone pennsylvanica L., Anemonidium canadense (L.) A.& D. Löve

Common names:

Anemone (1919-1932) (37, 105, 125)

Canadian anemone [Canada anemone] (1899-Present) (5, 50, 72, 82, 85, 93, 127, 131, 158)

Crowfoot (1896-1913, Burnside SD) (5, 76)

Meadow anemone [Meadow anemony] (1923-1986) (3, 4, 109, 138, 155)

Pennsylvania anemone [Pennsylvanian anemone Pensylvanican anemone] (1807-1900, Burnside SD) (158, 165)

Round-head anemone [Round-headed anemone] (1900-1913) (5, 158)

Round-leaf anemone [Round-leaved anemone] (1900-1936) (5, 93, 158)

Te-zhinga-makan (1919, Omaha-Ponca, little buffalo medicine) (37)

Wabesgung (1932, Chippewa, numb-taste) (105)

White flower crowfoot [White-flowered crowfoot] (1900, misapplied) (158)

White-flower anmeone [White-flowered anemone] (1900) (158)

Windflower [Wind flower] (1919) (37)

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