Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Laportea canadensis (L.) Weddell

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Laportea canadensis (L.) Gaudisch, Laportea canadensis Gaudisch, Urtica canadensis L., Urtica divaricatum (L.) Kuntze (Urticastrum divaricatum (L.) Kuntze), Urticastrum divaricatum (L.) Kuntze

Common names:

Albany hemp (1840-1929) (5, 19, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Canada nettle (1840-1929) (5, 19, 92, 93, 156, 157, 158)

Canada wood-nettle [Canadian woodnettle] (1942-Present) (50, 155)

False nettle (1928) (40)

Kentucky hemp (1882) (14)

Star nettle (1912, IN) (62)

Woodland nettle (1879) (46)

Wood-nettle [Wood nettle, Woodnettle] (1876?-1986) (3, 4, 5, 63, 72, 78, 85, 92, 93, 95, 97, 131, 156, 157, 158)

Ze'sûb (1928, Chippewa) (40)