Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Heracleum maximum Bartr.

Family: Apiaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Heracleum lanatum Michx., Heracleum sphondylium L. ssp. montanum (Schleicher) Briq., Heracleum sphondylium L. var. lanatum (Michx.) Dorn, Heraclium lanatum Michx.

Common names:

American cow-parsnip [American cow parsnip] (1919) (107)

Beaver-root [Beaver root] (1919) (37)

Bi'bigwe'wûnûck (1928, Chippewa, flute-reed) (40)

Common cow-parsnip [Common cow parsnip, Common cowparsnip] (1923-1942) (138, 155)

Common cow-parsnip [Common cowparsnip] (Present) (50)

Cow parsnep (1828) (7)

Cow-parsnip [Cow parsnip, Cowparsnip] (1898-1986) (4, 5, 37, 49, 52, 62, 63, 72, 80, 82, 85, 92, 95, 106, 127, 131, 146, 156, 157, 158)

Eltrot (1977) (3)

Madnep (1876-1929) (92, 157, 158)

Madness (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Masterwort [Master wort] (1828-1923) (5, 7, 49, 52, 61, 62, 92, 156, 158)

Royal cow-parsnip [Royal cow parsnip, Royal cowparsnip] (1876) (92)

Youthwort (1876-1929) (92, 157, 158)

Zhaba-makan (1919, Omaha-Ponca, beaver-medicine) (37)

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