Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Polemonium reptans L.

Origin: native

Common names:

Abcess root [Abscess-root] (1876-1917) (57, 92, 158)

American abscess root (1913-1923) (5, 156)

American great valerian (1913-1923) (5, 156)

American Greek valerian (1876-1900) (49, 92, 158)

Blue valerian (1898, Parke Co. IN) (77)

Bluebells [Blue bell, Blue-bell, Bluebell, Blue bells, Blue-bells] (1892-1923, misapplied) (5, 49, 73, 92, 156, 158)

Creeping great valerian (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Creeping Greek valerian (1878-1900) (86, 158)

Creeping polemonium (1923-1986) (3, 4, 138, 155)

Forget-me-not [For-get-me-not] (1878-1923, misapplied) (86, 156, 158)

Geschwûrwurzel (1900, German) (158)

Greek valerian (1882-Present) (5, 48, 50, 72, 82, 156)

Green valerian (1876) (92)

Jacob's ladder [Jacob's-ladder] (1870-1923, for ladder-like leaf, misapplied) (49, 61, 86, 92, 156, 158)

Saint Jacob's ladder (1930, IA) (82)

Snakeroot [Snake root] (1898, Parke Co. IN) (77)

Sweatroot [Sweat root, Sweat-root] (1876-1923) (5, 92, 156)

Sweetroot [Sweet-root] (1900) (158)