Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.

Family: Berberidaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Caulophyllum thalictroides Michx., Leontice thalictroides L.

Common names:

Be'cigodji'bigûk (1928, Chippewa) (40)

Blau cohosch (1828-1932, German) (6, 7)

Blue berry (1876) (92)

Blue cohosh (1869-Present) (3, 4, 5, 6, 15, 37, 40, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 63, 72, 85, 92, 109, 131, 138, 155, 156, 157, 158)

Blue ginseng (1828-1923) (5, 6, 7, 64, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Blueberry (1828-1923) (5, 6, 7, 58, 156)

Blueberry cohosh (1828) (7)

Blueberry-root [Blueberry-root] (1900?) (5, 64, 156, 157, 158)

Caulophyllum (1905-1917) (52, 54, 57, 64)

Caulophyllum radix (1828, Official Name of Materia Medica) (7)

Cohoche bleu (1828-1932, French) (6, 7)

Cohosh (1828-1869) (7, 29)

Cohush (1828) (7)

False cohosh (1840) (19)

Pappooseroot [Pappoose root, Pappoose-root] (1828-1923) (2, 5, 6, 7, 19, 49, 53, 55, 58, 64, 156, 157, 158)

Squawroot [Squaw root, Squaw-root] (1828-1923) (5, 6, 7, 49, 53, 55, 57, 58, 64, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Yellow ginseng (1828-1923) (6, 7, 64, 156, 157, 158)

Zhu-nakada-tanga-makan (1919, Omaha-Ponca. great fever medicine) (37)

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