Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Pulsatilla patens (L.) P. Mill.

Family: Ranunculaceae

Origin: native

Common names:

American pasqueflower (Present) (50)

American pulsatilla (1913) (5)

April-fools [April fools] (1913) (5)

Badger (1913) (5)

Easter-flower [Easter flower] (1913) (5)

Gosling (1913) (5)

Hartshorn plant (1913) (5)

Headache plant [Head-ache plant] (1913) (5)

Hokshi-chekpa wah'cha (Dakota, twin flower) (1919) (37)

Mayflower [May flower, May-flower] (1913) (5)

Pasque flower [Pasqueflower, Pasque-flower] (1913-1932, state flower of SD) (5, 37, 85)

Prairie anemone (1913) (5)

Prairie-smoke [Prairie smoke] (1913) (5)

Rock-lily [Rock lily, Rock lilis] (1913) (5)

Twinflower [Twin flower] (1919) (37)

Wild crocus (1913) (5)

Windflower [Wind flower] (1913-1936) (5, 93)

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