Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Polygonum orientale L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach, Polygonum spaethii Dammer

Common names:

Garden persicary (1900-1923) (156, 158)

Gentleman's-cane [Gentleman's cane] (1894-1923, OH, stems cut by children into canes) (5, 75, 77, 156, 158)

Kiss-me-over-the-fence (1898, Sulphur Grove OH) (77)

Kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate (1977-Present) (3, 4, 50)

Love-lies-bleeding (1923) (156)

Prince's-feather [Princes-feather, Prince's feather] (1840-1949) (5, 19, 77, 82, 93, 109, 156, 158)

Prince's-plume [Princesplume] (1923) (138)

Prince's-plume lady's-thumb [Princesplume ladysthumb] (1942) (155)

Princess feather (1907-1937) (72, 122)

Ragged-sailor [Ragged sailor] (1828-1923) (5, 77, 82, 92, 156, 158)