Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Apocynum cannabinum L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Apocynum album Greene, Apocynum cannabinum L. var. angustifolium (Woot.) N. Holmgren, Apocynum cannabinum L. var. glaberrimum A. DC., Apocynum cannabinum L. var. greeneanum (Bég. & Bel.) Woods., Apocynum cannabinum L. var. hypericifolium Gray, Apocynum cannabinum L. var. nemorale (G.S. P. Mill.) Fern., Apocynum cannabinum L. var. pubescens (Mitchell ex R. Br.) Woods., Apocynum cannabinum L. var. suksdorfii (Greene) Bég. & Bel., Apocynum cordigerum Greene, Apocynum hypericifolium Aiton, Apocynum pubescens Mitchell ex R. Br., Apocynum pubescens R. Br., Apocynum sibiricum Jacq., Apocynum sibiricum Jacq. var. cordigerum (Greene) Fern., Apocynum sibiricum Jacq. var. farwellii (Greene) Fern., Apocynum sibiricum Jacq. var. salignum (Greene) Fern., Apocynum suksdorfii Greene, Apocynum suksdorfii Greene var. angustifolium (Woot.) Woods.

Common names:

American dogbane (1879) (46)

American hemp (1892-1929) (6, 64, 157, 158)

American Indian hemp (1892-1911) (6, 59)

Amy-root [Amy root] (1900-1929) (5, 62, 64, 156, 157, 158)

Apocynum (1905-1917) (52, 54, 57, 59)

Bitter-root [Bitter root, Bitterroot] (1900-1929, misapplied) (49, 53, 54, 64, 156, 157, 158)

Black Indian hemp (1876-1908) (64, 92, 157, 158)

Bowman's-root [Bowman's root] (1900-1929, misapplied) (64, 158)

Canadian hemp [Canada hemp] (1882-1929) (6, 14, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 64, 106, 156, 157, 158)

Canadischer Hanf [Canadische Hanf] (1892-1900, German) (6, 158)

Canape silvestra (1879) (46)

Chanure (1879) (46)

Chanvre du Canada (1892, French) (6, 158)

Choctaw root [Choctaw-root] (1900) (64, 106, 156)

Clasping-leaf dogbane [Claspingleaf dogbane, Clasping-leaved dogbane] (1900-1937) (5, 72, 93, 97, 122, 157, 158)

Common Indian hemp (1895) (2)

Dogbane [Dog-bane, Dog bane, Dog's bane, Dogs' bane, Dogsbane] (1770-1933) (6, 41, 105, 124, 125, 127, 148, 157)

Enequen (1879) (46)

General Marion's weed (1892) (6)

Hemp dogbane (1923-1977) (3, 122, 138, 155, 156)

Houatte (1892, French, Canada) (6)

Hundskohl (1900, German) (158)

Indian hemp [Indianhemp] (1770-Present) (5, 19, 41, 46, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 58, 61, 62, 63, 72, 80, 82, 85, 93, 97, 105, 106, 114, 125, 127, 131, 145, 148, 156, 157, 158)

Indian hemp dogbane (1986) (4)

Indian physic (1898-1923) (64, 92, 156)

Indianischer Hanf (1900, German) (158)

Milkweed, Milk-weed (1900-1923) (64, 156, 158)

Old Amy root (1892) (6)

Prairie dogbane (1942-1986) (4, 3, 155)

Rheumatism-root [Rheumatism root] (1900-1929) (5, 64, 156, 157)

Rheumatism-weed (1900) (158)

Riverbank dogbane (1907) (64)

Sasáp-kwanins (1932, Chippewa) (105)

Silkgrass (1806, William Clark) (35)

Small-leaved milkweed (1912, IN) (62)

Snake's milk (1892) (6)

St. John's-dogsbane [Saint John's dogsbane, St. John's dogsbane] (1840-1929) (5, 19, 92, 157, 158)

Velvet dogbane (1907-1937) (5, 64, 72, 97)

White Indian hemp (1869) (58)

Wild-cotton [Wild cotton] (1900-1929, misapplied) (5, 64, 156, 157, 158)

Wilskt hampa (1770, Swedish, wild hemp) (41)