Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Linaria vulgaris P. Mill.

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Antirhinnum linaria L., Linaria linaria (L.) Karst., Linaria vulgaris Hill

Common names:

Bread-and-butter [Bread and butter] (1892-1929, Ipswich MA) (5, 73, 157, 158)

Bread-and-butter toadflax (1942) (155)

Brideweed, Bride-weed (1900-1929 ) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Bride-wort (1923?, obsolete by 1923) (156)

Butter-and-eggs [Butter & eggs, Butter and eggs] (1882-Present) (3, 5, 6, 45, 48, 49, 50, 62, 63, 72, 77, 80, 82, 85, 93, 95, 97, 109, 122, 124, 127, 131, 148, 155, 156, 157, 158)

Chopped-eggs (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Common toadflax [Common toad flax, Common toad-flax] (1834-1929) (34, 138, 157, 158)

Continental weed (1892-1913) (5, 6)

Dead-men's-bones [Dead men's bones] (1892-1929, Troy NY) (5, 73, 156, 157, 158)

Devil's-flax [Devil's flax] (1894-1929, WV) (5, 75, 156, 157, 158)

Devil's-flower [Devil's flower] (1913) (5)

Eggs-and-bacon (1913-1923) (5, 156)

False flax (1892) (6)

Flachskraut (German) (1900) (158)

Flaxweed [Flax-weed] (1900-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Frauenflachs (German) (1892) (6)

Gallweed [Gall-weed] (1923?, obsolete by 1923) (156)

Gallwort [Gall wort, Gall-wort] (1892-1929) (5, 6, 157, 158)

Haycocks (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Impudent-lawyer [Impudent lawyer] (1894-1923?, WV, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Indian hemp (1894-1923, WV) (75, 156)

Jacob's-ladder [Jacob's ladder] (1892-1913, misapplied) (5, 6, 73, 158)

Lady's-slippers [Ladies' slippers] (1898, MA) (77)

Larkspur (1900, misapplied) (158)

Leinkraut (1892-1900, German) (6, 158)

Linaire commune (1892-1900, French) (6, 158)

Lowenmaul (1892-1900, German) (6, 158)

Mother-of-millions [Mother of millions] (1923) (156)

Rabbit-ears (1923) (156)

Rabbit-flower [Rabbit flower] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Ramstead or Ramsted (1898-1929) (49, 157, 158)

Rancid (1900-1923?, verbal corruption, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Ranstead or Ransted (1892-1929) (5, 6, 62, 156, 157)

Snapdragon [Snap dragon, Snap-dragon] (1840-1923 misapplied) (5, 19, 75, 92, 156, 158)

Toadflax [Toad flax, Toad-flax] (1671-1933, deliberately introduced by colonists by 1671, Josselyn) (6, 18, 45, 46, 48, 49, 62, 80, 82, 127, 148, 156)

Wild flax (1894-1936) (5, 75, 93, 157, 158)

Wild tobacco (1894-1929, WV) (5, 75, 157, 158)

Yellow flax (1892) (6)

Yellow toadflax [Yellow toad flax, Yellow toad-flax] (1899-1936) (5, 95, 131, 56, 157, 158)

Yellow-rod (1900-1929) (157, 158)

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