Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Galium triflorum Michx.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Galium brachiatum Pursh, Galium pennsylvanicum W. Bart., Galium triflorum Michx. var. asprelliforme Fern., Galium triflorum Michx. var. viridiflorum DC.

Common names:

Bedstraw [Bed straw, Bed-straw] (1840) (19)

Fragrant bedstraw [Fragrant bed-straw] (1899-Present) (5, 37, 50, 72, 97, 122, 131, 156, 157, 158)

Lady's-bouquet [Lady's bouquet (1919) (37)

Sweet-scented bedstraw [Sweetscented bedstraw] (1898-1986) (3, 4, 5, 49, 63, 85, 93, 155, 156, 157, 158)

Three-flowered bedstraw (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Trailing cockspur (1783, Manasseh Cutler) (46)

Wau-inu-makan (Omaha-Ponca, woman's perfume) (1919) (37)

Wau-pezhe (Omaha-Ponca, woman's herb) (1919) (37)

Woodruff (1923) (156)