Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Ipomoea leptophylla Torr.

Family: Convolvulaceae

Origin: native

Common names:

Bigroot [Big root, Big-root] (1905, MT) (101)

Bush morning-glory [Bush morning glory, Bush morningglory] (1899-Present) (4, 5, 37, 50, 85, 93, 95, 97, 121, 122, 124, 131, 155, 158)

Colorado manroot [Colorado man root] (1878) (86)

Kahts-tuwiriki (1919, Pawnee, whirlwind medicine) (37)

Man-of-the-earth [Man of the earth] (1870-1919) (77, 103, 107)

Manroot [Man root, Man-root] (1870-1919) (5, 86, 103, 107, 158)

Moonflower (1919) (107)

Morning-glory bush [Morning glory bush] (1898, CA) (77)

Pezuta nige tangka (Lakota, big stomach-medicine) (1918?-1970?) (121)

Wild potato vine (1870-1898) (77, 103)

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