Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Lepidium densiflorum Schrad.

Family: Brassicaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Lepidium bourgeauanum Thell., Lepidium fletcheri Rydb.

Common names:

Common pepperweed (Present) (50)

Peppergrass [Pepper grass, Pepper-grass] (1913-1986) (3, 4, 5, 85, 121)

Prairie pepperweed (1942) (155)

Wild peppergrass [Wild pepper-grass] (1937, OK) (97)

Wild tonguegrass [Wild tongue grass] (1913) (5)

Zitkala tawote (1918?-1970?, Lakota, small bird's food) (121)

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