Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Echinocystis lobata Torr. & Gray, Micrampelis lobata (Michx.) Greene, Sicyos lobata Michx.

Common names:

Balsam-apple (1929) (157)

Bladder cucumber (1894, Neb) (114)

Creeper (1896-1913) (5, 76, 158)

Creeping Jenny [Creeping-jenny] (1896-1923) (5, 76, 156, 158)

Mock-apple [Mock apple] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Mock-cucumber [Mock cucumber] (1923) (138, 156)

Mock-orange [Mock orange] (1900?-1923, misapplied) (5, 156, 158)

Prickly cucumber (1891, NH) (79)

Wah'nah'hecha (1919, Dakota) (37)

Watangtha (1919, Omaha-Ponca, ghost melon) (37)

Wild balsam-apple [Wild balsam apple] (1899-1930) (5, 72, 82, 97, 106, 131, 142, 156, 158)

Wild climbing cucumber (1902, WY) (142)

Wild cucumber [Wild-cucumber] (1806-Present, Meriwether Lewis) (3, 4, 5, 35, 37, 50, 63, 73, 82, 93, 106, 109, 114, 122, 127, 156)

Wild mock cucmber [Wild mockcucmber] (1942) (155)