Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Polygonum amphibium L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Polygonum terrestre Hegetschw.

Common names:

Colubrina (1879) (46)

Ground willow (1900-1929) (156, 157, 158)

Heart's-ease [Heartsease] (1898-1923, misapplied) (77, 156, 158)

Mud knotweed (1840) (19)

Naterwurtz (1879, German) (46)

Persicaria salicis folio potamogeton angustifolium dicta (1694, Tournefort) (46)

Phyllitis lacustris (1879) (46)

Red-shank [Red-shanks] (1900-1929) (156, 157, 158)

Serpentaria (1879) (46)

Valerius cordus (1879) (46)

Water knotweed (Present) (50)

Water lady's-thumb [Water ladysthumb] (1942) (155)

Water peachwort (1879) (46)

Water persicaria (1899-1937) (72, 122, 131, 156, 157, 158)

Water polygonum (1895) (2)

Water smartweed (1900-1930) (2, 4, 82, 156, 157)

Water-willow [Water willow] (1923, misapplied) (156)

Willow-grass (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Willow-weed (1900-1929) (157, 158)