Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Eupatorium purpureum L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Eupatorium verticillatum [Lam.]

Common names:

Amadita'ti (1886, Cherokee, water dipper, stem was used as straw for sucking water) (102)

Bia&sacron;kagemesek (1932, Chippewa) (105)

Bluestem joe-pye weed [Bluestem joepyeweed] (1942) (155)

Eupatoris foliis enulae (1629) (46)

Eupatorium (1919) (52)

Gravelroot [Gravel root, Gravel-root] (1828-1929?, said to be a remedy for calculi) (5, 6, 7, 49, 53, 54, 58, 64, 75, 92, 102, 157, 158)

Gravelweed [Gravel-weed] (1919-1922) (49, 52, 53)

Indian gravelroot [Indian gravel root, Indian gravel-root] (1900?-1923) (5, 64, 156, 158)

Indian marsh milkweed [Indian marsh milk-weed] (1929) (157)

Joe-pye [Joe-Pye, Joe Pie, Joepye] (1828-1913) (5, 6, 7, 19, 49, 92, 95)

Joe-pye weed [Joe-Pye-weed, Joe Pye weed, Jopi-weed, Joe pye's weed] (1840-1937) (2, 6, 19, 49, 53, 58, 62, 63, 64, 72, 82, 92, 93, 97,105, 106, 109, 122, 127, 138, 156)

Joe-the-weed (1929) (157)

Kidney-bean root [Kidney bean root] (1876) (92)

Kidneyroot [Kidney root] (1907-1908) (5, 64)

Kidneywort (1923) (156)

King-of-the-meadow (1896-1923) (5, 64, 76, 156, 158)

Marsh milkweed [Marsh milk weed, Marsh milk-weed] (1892-1923) (5, 64, 73, 75, 156, 158)

Motherwort (1892-1923?, Brookfield MA, obsolete by 1923) (5, 64, 73, 156, 157, 158)

Pride-of-the-meadow (1923) (156)

Purple boneset (1828-1936) (5, 6, 7, 49, 62, 64, 85, 92, 93, 156, 157, 158)

Purple hempweed [Purple hemp-weed] (1892) (6)

Purple thoroughwort (1840-1895) (2, 6, 19)

Purpurfarbener Wasserhanf (1892, German) (6)

Queen-of-the-meadow [Queen of the meadow] (1869-1929?) (5, 6, 48, 49, 52, 53, 54, 58, 61, 64, 73, 75, 76, 92, 102, 156, 157, 158)

Quillwort [Quill wort, Quill-wort] (1900?-1923?, WV, obsolete by 1923, misapplied) (5, 64, 75, 156, 158)

Skunkweed, [Skunk weed, Skunk-weed] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Slunkweed [Slunk-weed] (1900?-1923) (64, 156, 158)

Sweet Joe-pye weed (1977-1986) (3, 4)

Sweet-scented joe-pye weed [Sweetscented joepyeweed] (Present) (50)

Tall boneset (1828-1929?) (5, 7, 64, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Trumpetweed [Trumpet weed, Trumpet-weed] (1840-1929?) (5, 6, 19, 49, 54, 62, 64, 92, 95, 156, 157, 158)

Turnipweed [Turnip weed, Turnip-weed] (1923-1930) (106, 156)