Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Euonymus atropurpurea Jacq.

Family: Celastraceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Euonymous atropupureus Jacq., Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.

Common names:

American spindle-tree (1929) (157)

Arrow-wood [Arrow-wood] (1828-1923) (5, 7, 92, 156)

Bitter-ash [Bitter ash] (1876-1923, misaaplied) (92, 156, 158)

Burning-bush [Burning bush] (1892-1949) (2, 5, 6, 15, 37, 49, 53, 72, 85, 93, 95 109, 121, 130, 131, 135, 157, 158)

Bursting-heart [Bursting heart] (1900?-1929?) (156, 157, 158)

Dogwood [Dog-wood] (1923) (156)

Eastern burning-bush [Eastern burningbush] (1942) (155)

Eastern wahoo (1942-Present) (50, 155)

Euonymous (1911-1917) (52, 55, 57)

Fusain (1892, French) (6)

Indian arrow (1892-1923) (73, 92, 156)

Indian arrow-wood [Indian arrowwood] (1869-1929?) (5, 6, 49, 53, 58, 92, 157, 158)

Nine-bark [Nine bark] (1911) (59)

Niniba zong (1918?-1970?, Osage, pipestem wood) (121)

Ou Bonnet de Pretre (1892, French) (6)

Pegwood (1876) (92)

Seven-bark [Seven bark] (1911) (59)

Skewerwood [Skewer wood, Skewer-wood] (1923) (156)

Spindelbaum (1892, German) (6)

Spindle tree [Spindle-tree] (1840-1923) (2, 5, 6, 19, 49, 53, 58, 135, 156)

Strawberry bush (1900?-1929?) (5, 157, 158)

Strawberry tree [Strawberry-tree] (1900?-1929?) (5, 156, 157)

Wahoo [Waahoo, Wa-a-hoo, Wauhoo, Whahoo] (1869-1986) (3, 5, 6, 9, 15, 22, 48, 49, 52, 53, 57, 58, 59, 61, 65, 72, 85, 92, 97, 109, 112, 125, 131, 138, 157, 158)

Wahoon (1828-1932) (6, 7)

Wananh'a-i-monthin (Omaha-Ponca, ghost walking stick) (1919) (37)

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