Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Artemisia abrotanum L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Artemisia procera Willd.

Common names:

Abrotano (1900, Spanish) (158)

Abrotanum (1900) (158)

Apple-riennie (1900, verbal corruption) (158)

Aurone Mâle (1900, French) (158)

Averoyne (1900, verbal corruption) (158)

Boy's-love [Boy's love] (1892-1929, New England, for aphrodisiac qualitites or use in love divinations) (5, 73, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Citronelle (1900, French) (158)

Eberraute (1900, German) (158)

Eherreiskraut (1900, German) (158)

Gertwurz (1900, German) (158)

Kiss-me-quick-and-go (1900-1929) (156, 157, 158)

Lad-savour (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Lad's-love [Lad's love] (1892-1923, New England, for aphrodisiac qualitites or use in love divinations) (5, 73, 92, 156)

Leamington (1892, Ipswich MA) (73)

Maiden's-ruin (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Maid's-love (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Old-man [Old man] (1892-1929, for aphrodisiac qualitites or use in love divinations) (5, 57, 73, 92, 107, 156, 157, 158)

Old-man wormwood [Oldman wormwood] (1942) (155)

Sage brush [Sagebrush] (1937, Neb) (112)

Slovenwood [Sloven-wood] (1876-1929) (5, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Smelling-wood (1900-1929) (156, 157, 158)

Southern wormwood (1671-1907, cultivated by English colonies by 1671, Josselyn) (46, 72)

Southernwood [Southern wood] (1770-Present) (3, 4, 5, 19, 41, 46 (1671), 50, 57, 92, 107, 109, 135, 138, 156, 158)

Stabwurzel (1900, German) (158)

Sweet Benjamin (1894-1929, Concord MA) (5, 75, 156, 157, 158)