Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants

Lobelia cardinalis L.

Family: Campanulaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Lobelia cardinalis L. ssp. graminea (Lam.) McVaugh, Lobelia cardinalis L. var. graminea (Lam.) McVaugh, Lobelia cardinalis L. var. meridionalis Bowden, Lobelia cardinalis L. var. multiflora (Paxton) McVaugh, Lobelia cardinalis L. var. phyllostachya (Engelm.) McVaugh, Lobelia cardinalis L. var. propinqua (Paxton) Bowden, Lobelia cardinalis L. var. pseudosplendens McVaugh, Lobelia fulgens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Lobelia splendens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Lobelia splendens Willd.

Common names:

Cardinal-flower [Cardinal flower, Cardinalflower, Cardinal's flower] (1834-Present) (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 19, 34, 37, 44, 46, 48, 50, 63, 72, 82, 92, 95, 97, 109, 122, 124, 125, 138, 148, 155, 157, 158)

High-belia (1892) (6)

Hog-physic [Hog-physic, Hog's physic] (1894-1929, Plymouth Co. Mass) (5, 75, 156, 157, 158)

Indian-tobacco (1939, CO) (148)

Lobélie Cardinale (1892, French) (1892) (6)

Mexican lobelia (1923-1942) (138, 155)

Queen-of-the-meadow (1898Southold Long island) (77)

Red bay (1923ni) (156)

Red Betty [Red-Betty] (1900-1929, Ferrisburgh VT) (5, 37, 75, 156, 157, 158)

Red cardinal (1900-1929) (156, 157, 158)

Red cardinal flower (1876) (92)

Red lobelia (1892-1929) (5, 6, 37, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Rothe Kardinals Blume (1892, German) (6)

Scarlet lobelia (1892) (6, 156)

Slinkweed [Slink weed, Slink-weed] (1892-1923, Princeton MA) (5, 73, 156, 158)

Stinkweed [Stink-weed] (1929) (157)

Western cardinal-flower [Western cardinalflower] (1942) (155)