Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Plantago lanceolata L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Plantago altissima auct. non L. , Plantago lanceolata L. var. sphaerostachya Mert. & Koch

Common names:

Black-jack [Black-jacks] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Buck plantain [Buck-plantain] (1894-1923) (5, 75, 156)

Buckhorn [Buck horn, Buck-horn] (1893) (4, 21, 62, 80, 82, 156)

Buckhorn plantain [Buck-horn plantain] (1894-1942) (75, 155, 156)

Buckthorn plantain (1913-1936) (5, 93)

Cat's-cradles [Cat's cradles] (1913-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156)

Chimney-sweep [Chimney sweeps, Chimney-sweeps] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Clock (1900-1913) (5, 158)

Cocks (1900-1923? obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Dog's-ribs [Dog's rib, Dog-ribs] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

English buckhorn plantain (1932, SD) (85)

English plantain (1894-1986) (3, 4, 5, 62, 63, 75, 82, 97, 145, 156, 157, 158)

Headsman [Headsmen] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Hen plant [Hen-plant] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Hock-cockle [Hock cockle] (1898, Southold Long Island) (77)

Jack-straws [Jack straws] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Kemp [Kemps] (1900-1929, old English name) (5, 62, 156, 157, 158)

Kempseed [Kemp-seed] (1900-1923, old English name) (5, 62, 156, 158)

Klops (1923?, obsolete by 1923) (156)

Knock-heads (1923) (156)

Lance-leaf plantain [Lance-leaved plantain] (1896-1913) (5, 45)

Lauten (1900, Spanish) (158)

Leechwort [Leech-wort] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Long plantain (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Narrow plantain (1912, IN) (62)

Narrow-leaf plantain [Narrowleaf plantain, Narrow-leaved plantain] (1896-Present) (50, 45, 156)

Plantian (1900, French) (158)

Ram's-tongue [Ram's tongue] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Rat-tail [Rattail] (1900-1923? obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Rib plantain (1901, IA) (56)

Rib-grass [Rib grass, Ribgrass] (1896-1937) (5, 45, 62, 82, 72, 80, 92, 95, 156, 157, 158)

Ribwort [Rib wort, rib-wort] (1840-1929) (5, 19, 62, 75, 92, 131, 156, 157, 158)

Ripple (1894, WV) (75)

Ripple plantain (1840-1937) (5, 19, 97, 156)

Ripple-grass [Ripple grass] (1840-1929, IN, old English name) (5, 19, 62, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Snake plantain [Snake-plantain] (1876?-1929) (5, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Soldiers (1898, Cambridge MA) (77)

Spitzer Wegerich (1900, German) (158, )

Spitzer Wegetritt (1900, German) (158, )

Way-bread (1900) (158)

Windles (1900-1923? obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)