Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants

Apios americana Medik.

Family: Fabaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Apios americana Medik. var. turrigera Fern., Apios apios (L.) Macm., Apios tuberosa Moench, Glycine apios L.

American potato-bean [American potato bean, American potatobean] (1942-1986) (4, 155)

Blo (1919, Dakota Teton, Lakota) (37, 121)

Common wild potato (1806, William Clark - also spelled pittatoe, pettatoe, and pittaitoe) (35)

Dakota-potato [Dakota potato] (1896, MN) (76)

Do (1918?-1970?, Osage) (121)

Ground-apple [Ground apple] (1806, note by Biddle) (35)

Groundnut [Ground nut, Ground-nut, Ground nutts] (1870-Present) (3, 4, 5, 46, 50, 72, 85, 93, 97, 103, 107, 109, 114, 121, 131, 156)

Ground-pea [Ground pea] (1820-1923, Northeastern US) (38, 74, 156)

Hanke (1828, Oregon tribes) (7)

Håpniss [Hopniss, Hopnis] (1770-1879, Native American, Delaware) (7, 41, 46)

Himbaringa (1820) (38)

Indian-potato [Indian potato] (1828-1923) (7, 92, 121, 156)

Its (1919, Pawnee) (37)

Mdo (Dakota) or Modo (Sioux) (1870-1919) (37, 103)

Nido (1852, Sioux) (47)

Noa (1828, Missouri tribes) (7)

Nu (1919, Omaha-Ponca) (37)

Openawk (1879) (46)

Peavine [Pea vine] (1820-1834) (34, 38)

Pig-potato [Pig potato] (1896-1923, West US) (76, 156)

Pin (1932, Chippewa, tuber) (105)

Pomme de terre [Pommes de terre] (1806-1870, French, note by Biddle) (27, 35, 47, 103)

Potato-bean [Potato bean, Potatobean] (1923-1949) (109, 138 156)

Potato-pea [potato-pea] (1828-1923) (7, 92, 156)

Rabbitvine [Rabbit-vine] (1923) (156)

Racine des chapelets (1932, French) (105)

Rosary (1919) (37)

Rosary pea (1932) (105)

Tdo (1919, Winnebago) (37)

Trailing-pea [Trailing pea] (1923) (156)

Traveller's delight (1892-1923, New Albany Miss) (73, 156)

Tuberous wistaria (1923) (156)

Tucaha (1828, Southern tribes) (1828) (7)

White-apple [White apple, White apples] (1828-1923, Oregon tribes) (7, 92, 156)

Wild-bean [Wild bean] (1892-1949) (5, 73, 93, 107, 109, 156)

Wild-potato [Wild potato] (1806-1870, Ordway) (35, 103)

Wild-wisteria [Wild wisteria] (1923) (156)