Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Podophyllum peltatum L.

Family: Berberidaceae

Origin: native

Common names:

American mandrake (1876-1908) (64, 92, 158)

Behen (1923) (156)

Citron (1820, French) (43)

Common may-apple [Common mayapple] (1923-1942) (138, 155)

Devil's-apple [Devil's apple] (1900-1923) (5, 64, 156, 158)

Duck's-foot [Ducks foot, Ducks' foot, Duck's foot, Duck foot] (1828-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (6, 7, 14, 64, 92, 156, 158)

Fussblatt (1892, German) (6)

Ground-lemon [Ground lemon] (1828-1929 ) (5, 7, 64, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Herbe a serpente a sonnetes (1820, French) (43)

Hog-apple [Hog apple] (1876-1929, fruit eaten by pigs and boys) (5, 6, 64, 76, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Indian apple [Indian-apple] (1892-1929) (5, 6, 49, 64, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Lemon-apple [Lemon apple] (1922) (53)

Mandrake (1869-1949, Josselyn) (1, 2, 6, 7, 13, 15, 46, 48, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 64, 107, 109, 121, 125, 156, 157, 158)

Mandrake-pear [Mandrake pear (1893, NJ) (74)

May-apple [May apple, Mayapple] (1770-Present) (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 13, 14, 15, 19, 41, 46, 48, 49, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 72, 92, 97, 105, 107, 109, 121, 122, 124, 125, 156, 157, 158)

Mayflower (1898-1923, misapplied) (49, 156)

Mountain May-apple [Mountain May apple] (1828) (7)

Peca (1828-1932) (6, 7)

Podophylle (1892, French) (6)

Podophylle de montagne (1828, French) (7)

Podophyllum (1905-1911) (54, 59, 64)

Puck's-foot [Puck's foot] (1913) (5)

Raccoon berry [Raccoon-berry, Raccoonberry] (1828-1929 ) (5, 6, 7, 49, 53, 64, 92, 107, 156, 157, 158)

Rattlesnake plant (1820) (43)

Sabšikan (1932, Chippewa) (105)

Schildblattinger Entenfuss (1892, German) (6)

Šongthingdse (1918?-1970?, Osage) (121)

Umbrella plant [Umbrella-plant] (1900-1929) (64, 157, 158)

Vegetable calomel (1900-1929) (64, 157, 158)

Wild jalap (1892) (6, 156)

Wild lemon (1828-1929) (5, 6, 7, 49, 53, 64, 92, 107, 156, 157, 158)

Wild mandrake (1840-1929) (5, 19, 49, 64, 92, 157, 158)

Yellow berry (1828-1876?) (7, 92)

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