Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Helianthus tuberosus L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Helianthus besseyi Bates, Helianthus tomentosus Michx., Helianthus tuberosus L. var. subcanescens Gray

Common names:

Adenes Canadenses seu flos solis glandulosus (1632, Layremb.) (107)

Artichoke (1806-1923, Lewis & Clark) (35, 80, 85)

A'skibwan' (1928, Chippewa, raw thing) (40)

Aster peruanus tuberosus (1592, Columna) (110)

Battatas de Canada (1629, Park) (107)

Bessey's sunflower (1937, OK) (97)

Canada & artischokki sub terra (1665, H.R.P.) (107)

Canada potato (1900) (5, 156, 158)

Chiquebi (1618, Native Americans, Champlain) (110)

Chrysanthemum Canadense arumosum (1672) (107)

Chrysanthemum e Canada quibusdam, Canada & artichoki sub terra, aliis (1623, Bauhin) (107)

Chrysanthemum latifolium Brasilainum (1671, Bauhin) (107)

Chrysanthemum perenne majus fol integris americanum tuberum (1630) (107)

Common artichoke (1852) (47)

Corona solis parvo flore, tuberosa radice (1719, Tournefort) (107)

De solis flore tuberoso, seu farnesiano fabii columnae (1625, Aldinus) (107)

Earth-apple [Earth apple] (1876-1923) (5, 62, 92, 156, 158)

Erdapfel (1900, German) (158)

Erdartischocke (1900, German) (158)

Flos solis farnesianus sive aster peruanus tubercosus (1616) (107)

Flos solis pyramidalis parvo flore, tuberosa radice, heliotropium indicum (1633, Ger.) (107)

Girasole (1876-1949) (5, 92, 109, 156)

Helenium canadense (1676, Amman) (107)

Helianthemum indicum tuberosum (1623, Bauhin) (107)

Helianthus foliis ovata cordatis triplinervus (1729, Gronovius) (107)

Helianthus radice tuberosa esculenta, Hierusalem artichoke (1739, Clayton) (107)

Jerusalem artichoke, Jerusalemartichoke (1882-Present, possibly a corruption of Girasole articocco, Italian for sunflower artichoke, name dates back to at least 1686) (3, 5, 7, 14, 19, 37, 40, 50, 62, 63, 72, 82, 92, 93, 95, 97, 105, 107, 110, 122, 124, 127, 131, 138, 145, 155, 156, 158)

Jerusalem potato (1923) (156)

Jerusalem-artichoke sunflower [Jerusalemartichoke sunflower] (1942) (155)

Kisu-sit (1919, Pawnee, long tapering) (37)

Pangi (1919, Dakota) (37)

Panhe (1919, Omaha-Ponca) (37)

Panh'e (1919, Winnebago) (37)

Peruanus solis flos ex Indiis tuberosus (1651) (107)

Potatoes of Canada (1657, Coles) (107)

Topinambaus (1618, French, Champlain) (110)

Topinambour (1900, French) (5, 156, 158)

Ush-keobuag (1852, Chippewa) (47)

Wild artichoke (1870) (103)

Woolly sunflower (1913-1942) (5, 155)