Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Lappula occidentalis (S. Wats.) Greene var. occidentalis

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Echinospermum redkowskii Lehm. var. occidentale Wats., Echinospermum redkowskii occidentale Wats., Lappula echinata Gilib. var. occidentalis (S. Wats.) Boivin, Lappula redowskii (Hornem.) Greene var. desertorum (Greene) I.M. Johnston, Lappula redowskii (Hornem.) Greene var. occidentalis (S. Wats.) Rydb., Lappula redowskii auct. non (Hornem.) Greene, Lappula redowskii occidentalis (S. Wats.) Rydb., Lappula redowskii ssp. occidentalis (S. Watson) Á. Löve & D. Löve

Common names:

Flat-spine stickseed [Flatspine stickseed] (Present) (50)

Small beggar's-lice (1897, KS) (145)

Sticktight [Stick-tight] (1894, MN) (75)

Western stickseed (1899, SD) (131)