Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Carduus nutans L.

Origin: introduced

Common names:

Bank thistle [Bank-thistle] (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Buck thistle [Buck-thistle] (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Musk bristle-thistle [Musk bristlethistle] (1942) (155)

Musk thistle (1879-1986) (3, 4, 5, 46, 156, 158)

Nodding plumeless thistle (Present) (50)

Nodding thistle (1986) (4)

Plumeless thistle (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Queen Ann's thistle [Queen Anne's thistle] (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Scotch thistle (1879-1900?, wrongly) (46, 158)