Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Corallorrhiza trifida Chat.

Family: Orchidaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Corallorrhiza corallorrhiza (L.) Karst., Corallorrhiza verna T. (Corallorrhiza trifida Chatelain var. verna (Nutt.) Fern.), Corallorhiza coralorhiza

Common names:

Coralroot [Coral-root] (1840-1932) (19, 85)

Early coral root [Early coral root, Early coral root] (1900?-1936) (5, 93, 157)

Fever-root (1929) (157)

Pale coralroot (1977) (3)

Yellow coralroot (Present) (50)

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