Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Ipomoea quamoclit L.

Family: Convolvulaceae

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Quamoclit pennata Bojer, Quamoclit pinnata, Quamoclit quamoclit (L.) Britton, Quamoclit vulgaris Choisy

Common names:

American red bellflower [American red bell flower, American red bell-flower] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Annual quamoclit (1937, TX) (124)

Cupid's-flower [Cupid's flower] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Cypressvine [Cypress vine, Cypress-vine, Cyprus vine] (1828-Present) (4, 5, 7, 50, 92, 97, 109, 138, 156, 158)

Indian pink (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Jasmine bindweed (1840) (19)

Red jasmine (1898-1923) (5, 92, 156, 158)

Red jessamine (1828) (7)

Sweet-William (1900, Barbados) (158)

Sweet-William-of-the-Barbadoes (1913-1923) (5, 156)

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