Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Caltha palustris L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Caltha flabellifolia Pursh

Common names:

American cowslips (1840-1913) (5, 6, 19)

Boots (1913) (5)

Bullflower [Bull flower, Bull-flower] (1900?-1929?) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Bull's-eyes [Bulls-eyes] (1923) (156)

Buttercups (1882) (14)

Capers (1896-1929?, Berwick ME) (5, 76, 157, 158)

Coltsfoot (1896-1913, ME, misapplied) (5, 76)

Coltsroot (1896, Sulphur Grove OH) (76)

Common marsh-marigold [Common marshmarigold] (1942) (155)

Cowlily [Cow lily, Cow-lily] (1893-1929?, Hingham MA, misapplied) (5, 74, 156, 157, 158)

Cowlips [Cow lips, Cow-lips] (1892) (6)

Cowslip [Cowslips] (1892-1929?) (2, 5, 6, 15, 40, 92, 107, 156, 157, 158)

Cowslop [Cowslop] (1893-1929?, Ferrisburgh VT) (74, 157, 158)

Crazy bet (crazy-Bet) (1913-1929?) (5, 157)

Crowfoot (1896-1929?, South Berwick ME, misapplied) (5, 76, 156, 157, 158)

Drunkards (1913-1929?) (5, 157)

Goldflower [Gold flower] (1878, old poets) (86)

Gools (1913-1929?) (5, 156, 157)

Great bitter-flower [Great bitter flower] (1913) (5)

Great butter-flower [Great butter flower] (1900?-1929?) (157, 158)

Horseblob [Horse blobs, Horse blob, Horse-blob] (1876-1923) (5, 92, 156, 157)

Kingcup [King cup] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Mare blebs (1892) (6)

Mare blobs (1892) (6)

Marigold (1907, IA) (72)

Marsh goldflower [Marsh gold-flower] (1878) (86)

Marsh marigold [Marsh marygold] (1840-1977, from Saxon merse mear-geallia "marsh-horse gold") (1, 3, 5, 6, 14, 15, 19, 63, 85, 86, 92, 105, 107, 127, 131, 156, 157, 158)

May blobs [May-blob] (1913-1929?, England) (5, 156, 157)

Meadow buttercup [Meadow buttercups] (1893-1923, misapplied) (5, 74, 156, 158)

Meadowbouts [Meadow bouts, Meadow-bouts] (1876-1929?) (5, 92, 157)

Meadow-bright [Meadow bright] (1919) (107)

Meadow-gowan [Meadow gowan] (1923-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (156, 157)

Mingde-beguk (1932, Chippewa, wide leaf) (105)

Mireblob [Mire blobs, Mire-blob] (1913-1929?) (5, 157)

Mountain marsh-marigold [Mountain marsh marigold] (1913) (5)

O'gite'bug (1928) (40)

Open-gowan [Open gowan] (1913-1929?) (5, 157)

Palsywort [Palsy wort, Palsy-wort] (1892-1929?) (5, 6, 92, 157, 158)

Soldier's-buttons [Soldier's buttons, Soldiers buttons] (1900?-1929?) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Spring cowslip [Spring cowslips] (1900?-1929?) (5, 157, 158)

Sumpf Ringelblume (1892, German) (6)

Swamp-robin (1900?-1929) (157, 158)

Water -goggles [Water-goggles] (1900?-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Waterblob [Water blob, Water-blob, Water blobs] (1876-1913) (5, 92, 157)

Waterbouts [Water bouts] (1892) (6)

Water-dragon [Water dragon] (1892-1929?) (5, 6, 92, 157, 158)

Water-gowan [Water gowan] (1913-1929?) (5, 157)

Yellow marsh-marigold [Yellow marsh marigold] (Present) (50)