Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Porteranthus stipulatus (Muhl. ex Willd.) Britt.

Family: Rosaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Gillenia stipulacea Nutt., Gillenia stipulata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt., Gillenia stipulata (Muhl.) Baill., Porteranthus stipulatus (Muhl.) Britton

Common names:

American ipecac (1895-1977) (2, 3, 5, 49, 57, 64, 92, 97, 109,122, 156, 158)

Beaumont root (1828) (7)

Bowman's root (1828-1898) (7, 48, 49, 92)

Gillenia (1917) (57)

Gillenia occidentale (1828, French) (7)

Gillenia radix (1828, Official name of Materia Medica) (7)

Gillenwurzel (1828, German) (7)

Indian hippo (1828-1898) (7, 49)

Indian physic [Indian-physic, Indianphysic] (1828-Present) (3, 4, 7, 49, 50, 61, 92, 102, 138, 155, 158)

Injin physic (1893, Banner Elk NC) (74)

Ipecac (1828) (7)

Large-stipule Indian physic [Large stipuled Indian physic] (1895) (2)

Meadow sweet (1828) (7)

Ūnle Uki'lti (1886, Cherokee, the locust frequents it) (102)

Western dropwort (1828-1876?) (7, 92)

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