Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Dipsacus fullonum L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Dipsacus sylvestris Huds., Dipsacus sylvestris Mill.

Common names:

Adam's flannel (1913-1923, misapplied) (5, 156)

Buttonweed [Button weed, Button-weed] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Card teasel [Card-teasel] (1900?-1937) (5, 122, 124, 156, 158)

Card thistle (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Church-brooms [Church brooms, Church broom] (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Clothier's-brush [Clothier's brush] (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Common teasel (1900?-1986) (4, 5, 62, 156, 158)

Draper's teasel (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)

English thistle (1894-1912, IN WV) (62, 75)

Fuller's teasel [Fullers teasel] (1900?-Present) (5, 50, 62, 106, 138, 155, 156, 158)

Fuller's thistle [Fuller's thistle, Fullers thistle] (1900?-1949, old English name) (5, 109, 156)

Fuller's-weed (1900?) (158)

Gypsy-combs [Gipsy combs, Gypsy combs] (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Huttonweed, Hutton-weed (1894-1900?, WV, found on Hutton farm) (75, 158)

Indian thistle (1894-1923) (5, 75, 156, 158)

Prickly back (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Prickly-bark (1900?) (158)

Pricky-bark (1900?) (158)

Shepherd's-staff [Shepherd's staff] (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Shepherd's-thistle [Shepherd's thistle] (1923) (156)

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

Teasel [Teazel] (1840-1986) (3, 14, 19, 92, 106, 132, 158)

Tezils (1912, IN, old English name) (62)

Venus'-bath [Venus' bath] (1876-1923) (5, 92, 156, 158)

Venus'-cup [Venus' cup] (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Venus-cup teasel [Venuscup teasel] (1942) (155)

Water-thistle [Water thistle] (1894-1923, WV, from the amount of water often found in the concavity of the leaves next the stem) (5, 75, 156)

Wild teasel (1840-1923) (5, 19, 62, 156, 158)

Wood-brooms [Wood brooms, Wood broom] (1876-1923) (5, 92, 156, 158)

Wy'-wy (1855, Pima) (132)