Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Panicum capillare L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Panicum barbipulvinatum Nash, Panicum capillare L. ssp. barbipulvinatum (Nash) Tzvelev, Panicum capillare L. var. agreste Gattinger, Panicum capillare L. var. barbipulvinatum (Nash) R.L. McGregor, Panicum capillare L. var. brevifolium Vasey ex Rydb. & Shear, Panicum capillare L. var. occidentale Rydb.

Common names:

Barbed witch grass, Barbed witch-grass (1852-1932) (5, 85, 163)

Capillary panic grass [Capillary panic-grass] (1852-1936, Quebec) (143, 145 )

Common witch grass [Common witchgrass] (1942-1944) (140, 155)

Cushion witch grass [Cushion witchgrass] (1942) (155)

Fool-hay [Fool hay] (1901-1938) (5, 94, 119)

Hair-stalk panic grass [Hair-stalked panic grass] (1885-1903) (66, 87, 90)

Old witch grass [Old witch-grass, Old-witch-grass] (1852-1938) (2, 5, 11, 45, 56, 62, 80, 87, 90, 92, 94, 111, 119, 129, 143, 163)

Tickle grass (children's name) (1912, NM) (152)

Tickle grass [Ticklegrass, Tickle-grass] (1894-1944) (5, 56, 62, 75, 78, 80, 119, 129, 140, 145)

Tumble grass (1895-1901) (2, 56)

Tumbleweed [Tumble weed, Tumble-weed] (1912-1938) (5, 62, 119)

Western witch grass [Western witch-grass] (1936, Neb) (93)

Witch grass [Witch-grass, Witchgrass] (1899-Present) (3, 5, 50, 72, 85, 93, 119, 122, 131)