Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Lolium temulentum L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Lolium arvense With., Lolium temulentum L. var. arvense (With.) Lilja, Lolium temulentum L. var. leptochaeton A. Br., Lolium temulentum L. var. macrochaeton A. Braun

Common names:

Bearded darnel (1903-1929) (5, 66, 111, 157, 158)

Beardless darnel rye grass [Beardless darnel ryegrass] (1942) (155)

Bragge (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Cheat (1894-1938) (75, 119, 157, 158)

Darnel (1852-1942) (5, 14, 56, 67, 72, 88, 92, 94, 119, 155, 157, 158, 163)

Darnel grass (1876?) (92)

Darnel rye grass [Darnel ryegrass] (1942-Present) (50, 155)

Dragge (1900-1929) (5, 157, 158)

Drake (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Drank (1900) (158)

Dravick (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Drawke (1913) (5)

Droke (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Drunk (1900-1929) (5, 157, 158)

Eaver (1900) (158)

Ivory (1938, OK) (119)

Ivraie (1900, French) (158)

Ivray (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Lolch (1899, German) (158)

Lover's-steps (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Neele (1900) (158)

Nelle (1929) (157)

Poison darnel [Poison-darnel] (1852-1977) (3, 4, 45, 56, 80, 88, 119, 163)

Ray (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Ray grass [Ray-grass] (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Riely (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Sturdy (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Sturdy ryle (1913) (5)

Tare [Tares] (1901-1938, thought to be the biblical tares) (5, 56, 92, 119)

Taummelkorn (1900, German) (158)