Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Goodyera repens (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.

Family: Orchidaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Epipactis repens Crantz, Goodyera ophioides (Fern.) Rydb., Goodyera repens R. Br., Peramium ophioides (Fernald) Rydb.

Common names:

Adder's-tongue [Adder's tongue] (1898, ME) (78)

Creeping rattlesnake-plantain (1923) (138)

Creeping-root plant [Creeping root plant] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Dwarf rattlesnake-plantain [Dwarf rattlesnake plantain] (1977) (3)

Lesser rattlesnake-plantain [Lesser rattlesnake plantain] (1913-Present) (5, 50, 109, 156)

Rattlesnake-plantain [Rattlesnake plantain, Rattlesnakes' plantain] (1876-1932) (85, 92)

Squirrel's-ear [Squirrel ear] (1876?-1923) (5, 92, 156)

White-plantain [White plantain] (1876?-1923) (5, 92, 156)

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