Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth

origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Aspidium felix foemina, Aspidium filix foemina, Asplenium felix-foemina (L.) Fee. Bernh., Asplenium filix-foemina Bernh., Athyrium filixfemina, Athyrium filix-foemina (L.) Roth

Common names:

A'sawan (1928, Chippewa) (40)

Backache brake (1876?-1929) (5, 92, 157)

Common lady fern [Common ladyfern] (Present) (50)

Female fern (1876?-1929) (5, 92, 157)

Filix non ramosa petiolis tenuissime dentatis (1694, Tournefort) (46)

Filix petraea faemina prima (1588, Tabernaemontaus) (46)

Lady fern [Lady-fern, Ladyfern] (1895-1986) (2, 3, 4, 40, 46, 72, 97, 109, 131, 138, 155, 157)

Spleenwort (1929) (157)