Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Gnaphalium L.

Origin: native & introduced

Common names:

Cudweed [Cud-weed] (1814-Present) (1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 50, 93, 155, 156, 158, 167)

Everlasting (1818-1986) (1, 2, 4, 10, 92, 93, 158)

Lady's-tobacco [Ladies' tobacco] (1896, Madison WI) (76)

Life-everlasting [Life everlasting] (1876) (92)

Mouse-ear [Mouse ear] (1891, NH) (79)

Petty-cotton [Petty cotton] (1923) (156)