Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Castilleja coccinea (L.) Spreng.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Castilleia coccinea Spreng., Euchroma coccinea W.

Common names:

Bloody-warrior [Bloody warrior] (1894-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 75, 156, 158)

Election-posies [Election-posies] (1892, Dudley MA) (5, 73, 158)

Indian paintbrush [Indian paint-brush] (1892-1977) (3, 5, 73, 97, 138, 155, 156, 158)

Indian pink (1894-1923, Peoria IL) (5, 75, 156)

Nosebleed [Nose bleed, Nose-bleed] (1894-1923?, CT, obsolete by 1923) (5, 75, 156)

Paintbrush [Paint brush] (1892, Peoria IL; NH; Hemmingford PQ) (73)

Painted-cup [Painted cup] (1820-1913) (5, 12, 19, 47, 92)

Prairie-fire [Prairie-fire] (1892-1923?, WI, obsolete by 1923) (5, 73, 156, 158)

Red Indians [Red-Indians] (1892-1923, MA) (5, 73, 156, 158)

Scarlet Indian paintbrush (Present) (50)

Scarlet painted-cup [Scarlet painted-cup] (1895-1937) (2, 5, 72, 97, 156, 158)

Wickakee (1892-1923?, MA, Indian name, obsolete by 1923) (5, 73, 156, 158)

Winabojo' noko'mis wi'nizisûn (Chippewa, Winabojo's grandmother's hair) (1928) (40)