Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Euphorbia marginata Pursh

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Agaloma marginata (Pursh) A.& D. Löve, Dichrophyllum marginatum (Pursh) Klotzsch & Garcke, Lepadena marginata (Pursh) Nieuwl., Lepadena marginata (Pursh) Niewl., Tithymalus variegatus (Sims) Haw., Euphorbia variegata Sims

Common names:

Ghostweed [Ghost-weed] (1898, Waco TX) (78)

Ice plant (1930, TX) (106)

Itopta sapa tapežuta (1918?-1970?, Lakota, black-footed ferret medicine) (121)

Karipika or kalipika tsitsiks (1919, Pawnee) (37)

Milkweed (1898, TX) (78, 106)

Mountain spurge (1913) (5)

Mountain-snow [Mountain snow] (1900?-1929?) (156. 157, 158)

Snow-on-the-mountain [Snow on the mountain] (1878-Present) (3, 4, 5, 37, 50, 71, 73, 78, 80, 82, 85, 86, 93, 97, 106, 109, 121, 122, 124, 138, 145, 148, 156, 157, 158)

Snow-on-the-mountain euphorbia [Snowonthemountain euphorbia] (1942) (155)

Spurge (1930, KS) (106, 125)

Variegated spurge (1820-1913) (5, 38, 156, 157, 158)

White-margined spurge [White margined spurge] (1899-1936) (5, 72, 93, 131, 156, 157, 158)