Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Euphorbia helioscopia L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Tithymalus helioscopia (L.) Hill.

Common names:

Cat's-milk [Cats milk, Cat's milk] (1876?-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 92, 156)

Churnstaff [Churn-staff] (1876?-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 92, 156)

Devil's-milk [Devil's-milk] (1876?-1913) (5, 92)

Little-good [Little good, Littlegood] (1913-1930) (5, 82)

Mad-women's-milk [Mad woman's milk, Mad-women's milk, Madwoman's milk] (1913-Present) (5, 50)

Mouse-milk [Mouse milk] (1913-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156)

Saturday's-pepper [Saturday's pepper] (1923) (156)

Seven sisters (1913-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156)

Sun euphorbia (1942) (155)

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

Sunweed [Sun-weed] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Turnsole (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Wart spurge [Wart-spurge] (1913-1937) (5, 85, 122, 156)

Wart-grass [Wartgrass] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Wartweed [Wart-weed] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Wartwort (1876?-1913) (5, 92)

Wolf's milk [Wolf's-milk] (1913-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156)