Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Ceanothus americanus L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Ceanothus americana, Ceanothus americanus L. var. intermedius (Pursh) Torr. & Gray, Ceanothus americanus L. var. pitcheri Torr. & Gray, Ceanothus intermedius Pursh, Ceanothus officinalis Raf., Ceanothus officinalis Raf.

Common names:

American ceanothus (1785) (8)

Céanote d"Amérique (1785, French) (8)

Céanothe (1900?, French) (158)

Ceanothus (1905-1917) (52, 54, 57)

Indian tea (1919-1923) (37, 156)

Jersey tea [Jersey-tea] (1828-1923) (7, 48, 92, 138, 157, 158)

Jersey-tea ceanothus [Jerseytea ceanothus] (1942) (155)

Kadegimnedu (1932, Chippewa) (105)

Konjibik (1932, Chippewa) (105)

Mountain-sweet [Mountain-sweet] (1876-1923) (5, 92, 107, 156, 157, 158)

New Jersey tea [New-Jersey-tea] (1869-Present) (3, 4, 5, 15, 19, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 65, 72, 82. 92, 95, 97, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 113, 122, 124, 156, 157, 158)

New Jersey tea shrub (1882) (14)

New Jersey tea tree [New-Jersey tea-tree] (1785) (8)

Redroot [Red root, Red-root] (1806-1930, from color of root) (5, 7, 14, 35, 47, 49, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 61, 82, 92, 106, 156, 157, 158)

Seckelblume (1900?, German) (158)

Spangles (1913) (5)

Sprangles (1900?-1929?) (156, 157, 158)

Tabe-hi (1919, Omaha-Ponca) (37)

Walpole tea (1876-1923) (5, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Wild pepper (1896-1923, Greene Co. MO) (5, 76, 156)

Wild snowball (1869-1923) (5, 49, 58, 92, 107, 156, 157, 158)