Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Euphorbia cyparissias L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Galarhoeus cyparissias (L.) Small ex Rydb., Tithymalus cyparissias (L.) Hill.

Common names:

Balsam (1894-1923, NY, misapplied) (5, 75, 156)

Balsam spurge (1900?-1923) (156, 158)

Bonaparte's crown [Bonaparte's-crown] (1900?-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Butternut (1892, Harmony ME) (73)

Cypress (1892-1923, NH, misapplied to another plant) (5, 73, 156, 158)

Cypress euphorbia (1942) (155)

Cypress spurge (1876-Present) (4, 3, 5, 50, 62, 72, 80, 85, 92, 93, 109, 122, 138, 156, 158)

Euphorbia (1896) (45)

Garden spurge (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Graveyard moss (1898, IN) (78)

Graveyard spurge (1912-1923) (62, 156)

Graveyard-weed [Graveyard weed] (1894-1923) (5, 75, 156, 158)

Irish moss (1892-1913, NB, misapplied) (5, 73, 158)

Kiss-me-Dick (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Kiss-me-quick (1900?-1923) (156, 158)

Milkweed (1898, VT) (78)

Quacksalver spurge [Quacksalver's spurge, Quack salver's spurge] (1900?-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Spurge (1939, CO) (148)

Tree moss [Tree-moss] (1892-1936, obsolete by 1923) (5, 73, 93, 156, 158)

Welcome-to-our-house (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)