Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Pterospora andromedea Nutt.

Origin: native

Common names:

Albany beech-drops [Albany beech drops] (1828-1923, Cook seems to confuse this with Corallorrhiza) (5, 7, 19, 92, 156, 158)

Crawley (1870) (61)

Dragonroot [Dragon root, Dragon-root] (1828) (7)

False crawley (1876?-1923) (92, 156, 158)

Fever-root [Fever root] (1828-1869) (7, 58)

Gall-of-the-earth [Gall of the earth] (1898-1923) (92, 156, 158)

Giant bird's-nest [Giant bird's nest] (1900-1936) (5, 93, 156, 158)

Pinedrops [Pine drops, Pine-drops] (1899-1986) (1, 3, 4, 5, 85, 93, 95, 122, 131, 156, 158)

Pterospore paradoxe (1828, French) (7)

Scaly dragonclaw (1828) (7)

Woodland pinedrops (1942-Present) (50, 155)