Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Chelidonium majus L.

Family: Papaveraceae

Origin: introduced

Common names:

Celandine (1828-Present) (5, 7, 10, 19, 46, 49, 50, 53, 54, 82, 92, 156, 158)

Celidonia mayor (1900?, Spanish) (158)

Chelandine (1898) (49)

Chélidoine (1900?, French) (158)

Chelidonium (1905-1917) (54, 57)

Cock-foot (1900?) (158)

Common celandine (1892) (6)

Devil's-milk [Devil's-milk] (1900?-1923, misapplied) (156, 158)

Felonwort (1900?-1923) (156, 158)

Garden celandine (1876-1919?) (52, 92, 158)

Great celandine (1919-1922) (49, 52, 53)

Greater celandine (1900?-1942) (155, 156, 158)

Herbe a l'hirondelle (1892, French) (6)

Jacob's-ladder [Jacob's ladder] (1900?-1923, misapplied) (156, 158)

Kenningwort (1671-1923, cultivated by English colonists by 1671, Josselyn) (46, 156)

Kill-wart (1900?) (158)

Killwort (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Saladine (1900?) (158)

Schellkraut (1900?, German) (158)

Schollkraut or Schöllkraut (1892-1900?, German) (6, 158)

Sightwort (1923) (156)

Swallow-wort [Swallow wort] (1900?-1923, misapplied) (5, 156, 158)

Tetterwort (1892-1923) (5, 6, 49, 52, 53, 54, 92, 156, 158)

Wartflower [Wart-flower] (1900?-1923) (156, 158)

Wartweed [Wart-weed] (1900?) (158)

Wartwort (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Wretweed [Wret-weed] (1900?) (158)

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