Goodale, George L. 1882. Wild flowers of America. With fifty-colored plates, from original drawings, by Isaac Sprague.

Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants

Geranium maculatum L.

Family: Geraniaceae

Origin: native

Common names:

Alumbloom [Alum bloom, Alum-bloom] (1896-1929) (5, 64, 76, 156, 157, 158)

Alumroot [Alum root, Alum-root] (1828-1929) (5, 6, 7, 49, 52, 55, 64, 76, 92, 156, 157, 158)

American kinoroot [American kino root] (1876?-1923) (5, 92, 156)

American tomentil (1876) (92)

Anda'nkalagi'ski (1886, Cherokee, it removes things from the gums) (102)

Astringent root (1876?-1923) (92, 156)

Bec de Grue (1892, French) (6)

Bec-de-grue tacheté (1900?, French) (158)

Be'cigodji'bigûk (1928, Chippewa, one root) (40)

Chocolate-flower [Chocolate flower] (1892-1929, Stratham NH) (5, 64, 73, 156, 157, 158)

Cranebill [Cranesbill, Cranesbill, Crane's-bill] (1649-1923) (19, 46, 48, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 59, 61, 64, 92, 102, 156, 157, 158)

Crowfoot [crow foot, crow-foot] (1828-1923, from shape of root, misapplied) (5, 6, 7, 52, 53, 64, 76, 92, 156, 158)

Crowfoot geranium (1840) (19)

Dove-foot [Dovefoot] (1900?-1929) (64, 157, 158)

Fleckstorchschnabel (1900?, German) (158)

Gefleckter Storchsnabel (1828-1932, German) (6, 7)

Geranio (1900?, Spanish) (158)

Geranium (1894-1919) (52, 54, 57, 59, 114)

Geranium maculé (1828-1900?, French) (7, 158)

Geranium radix (1828, Official Name of Materia Medica) (7)

Kino Americanus (1828, Official Name of Materia Medica) (7)

Old-maid's-nightcap [Old maid's nightcap, Old maid's night-caps, Old-maid's night-cap, Old-maid's-night-cap] (1896-1929, Madison WI) (64, 76, 156, 157, 158)

Pesigunk (1932, Chippewa, bitter) (105)

Pied-de-corneille 1900?, French) (158)

Racine a becquet (1828, Canada, Louisiana Purchase) (7)

Raven's-claw [Raven's claw] (1671, Josselyn) (46)

Rockweed [Rock-weed] (1913-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156)

Sailor's-knot [Sailor's knot] (1913-1923, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156)

Shame-face [Shameface] (1900?-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 64, 156, 157, 158)

Spotted cranebill [Spotted crane's bill, Spotted cranesbill, Spotted crane's-bill] (1828-1929) (5, 6, 7, 64, 86, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Spotted geranium (1892-Present) (6, 49, 50, 53, 64, 74, 92, 155, 156, 158)

Spotted-leaf cranebill [Spotted-leaved crane's bill] (1878) (86)

Storkbill [Stork's bill, Storksbill] (1828-1932) (6, 7, 64, 157, 158)

Tormentil (1876-1892) (6, 92)

Wild alum (1886) (102)

Wild cranebill [Wild cranesbill, Wild crane's bill, Wild crane's-bill] (1892-1986) (3, 4, 5, 6, 49, 53, 64, 72, 97, 157, 158)

Wild geranium (1845-1932) (6, 40, 44, 64, 82, 105, 138, 156, 157, 158)

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