Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Aralia racemosa L.

Origin: native

Common names:

American spikehead (1907-1912) (64, 72)

American spikenard (1892-Present) (5, 6, 49, 50, 52, 53, 92, 93, 131, 155, 156, 157, 158)

Amerikanische Nard (1900, German) (158)

Amerikanischer Aralie (1892, German) (6)

Aralia (1919) (52)

Aya'bidji'bikûgi'sin (1928, Chippewa) (40)

Ci-kadak (1932, Chippewa) (105)

Hungry-root (1923) (156)

Indian root [Indian-root] (1892-1929) (64, 73, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Large spikenard (1828) (7)

Life-of-man [Life of man, Life-o'-man] (1892-1929) (5, 6, 64,73, 75, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Nard Americain (1900, French) (158)

Nard D'Amerique (1892, French) (6)

O'kadak' (1928, Chippewa) (40)

Old-maid's-root [Old maid's root] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Old-man's-root [Old man's root] (1896-1929) (64, 75, 76, 156, 157, 158)

Petty morel [Petty-morrel, Pettymorrel, Petty morrell] (1892-1929) (5, 6, 49, 53, 64, 73, 92, 157, 158)

Pigeonweed [Pigeon weed] (1892) (6)

Racemosa canadensis (1879) (46)

Spiceberry [Spice-berry] (1900-1929) (64, 156, 157, 158)

Spicebush [Spice bush] (1894-1913, Hartford Conn) (5, 75)

Spignet (1869-1929) (5, 49, 53, 58, 64, 75, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Spignut (1892, VT) (73)

Spikenard (1869-1986, pronounced Spicknard in NH) (3, 4, 6, 19, 38, 40, 46, 47, 53, 58, 63, 79, 85, 92, 105, 157, 158)

Whiteroot [White-root] (1923) (156)