Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants

Clematis virginiana L.

Family: Ranunculaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Clematis missouriensis Rydb., Clematis virginiana L. var. missouriensis (Rydb.) Palmer & Steyermark

Clematis (1937, Neb) (112)

Common virgin's-bower [Common virgin's bower] (1820-1899, of northern U.S.) (13, 38, 63, 158)

Common wild virgin's-bower [Common wild virgin's bower] (1895) (2)

Devil's-darning-needle [Devil's darning needle] (1900?-Present) (5, 50, 156, 158)

Devil's-hair [Devil's-hair] (1893-1923) (5, 74, 156, 158)

Devil's-thread [Devil's thread] (1923) (156)

Lady's-bower [Ladies' bower] (1898) (49)

Lovevine [Love vine, Love-vine] (1898-1923) (5, 49, 156, 158)

Missouri virgin's-bower [Missouri virginsbower] (1942) (155)

Pipestem [Pipe stem, Pipe-stem] (1923) (156)

Traveler's joy [Traveler's-joy, Traveller's joy, Traveller's-joy] (1840-1913) (5, 19, 158)

Traveler's-ivy [Traveler's ivy] (1898) (49)

Virginia virgin's-bower [Virginia virgin's bower, Virginian virgin's bower] (1899-1913) (5, 131)

Virgin's-bower [Virgins-bower, Virgin's bower, Virginsbower] (1840-1986) (4, 15, 19, 48, 49, 61, 72, 82, 85, 127, 138, 155, 156)

Wild clematis (1894, Neb) (114)

Wild hops (1896-1923, Hartford & Oxford Co ME, misapplied) (5, 76, 156)

Woodbine (1896-1923, Hartford & Oxford Co ME, misapplied) (5, 76, 156, 158)