Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Pyrola americana Sweet

Family: Pyrolaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Pyrola asarifolia Michx. ssp. americana (Sweet) Krísa, Pyrola obovata Bertol., Pyrola rotundifolia auct. p.p. non L., Pyrola rotundifolia L. var. americana (Sweet) Fern.

Common names:

American pyrola (1942) (155)

American wintergreen (Present) (50)

Canker-leaf [Canker leaf] (1898) (49)

Canker-lettuce [Canker lettuce] (1869-1923) (5, 53, 58, 92, 156)

Coffee-leaf (1923) (156)

Common wintergreen (1820) (43)

Consumption-weed [Consumption weed] (1869-1923) (5, 58, 92, 156, 158)

Copalm (1923?, obsolete by 1923) (156)

Copper-leaf [Copper leaf] (1900-1913) (5, 158)

Dollar-leaf [Dollar leaf] (1876?-1923) (5, 92, 156, 158)

European pyrola (1923-1942) (138, 155)

False wintergreen (1869-1923) (5, 49, 53, 58, 61, 156, 158)

Holz mangolt (German) (1879) (46)

Indian lettuce (1876?-1923) (5, 92, 156, 158)

Larger wintergreen (1900) (158)

Lettuce-liverwort [Lettuce liverwort] (1876) (92)

Liverwort lettuce (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Pear-leaf wintergreen [Peaf wintergreen, Pear leaved wintergreen, Pear-leaved wintergreen] (1840-1913) (5, 19, 49, 92, 158)

Pirola (1671, Hieronymus) (46)

Pyrola (1879) (46)

Pyrole (1900, French) (158)

Pyrole à feuilles rondes (1785, French) (8)

Rough-leaf wintergreen [Rough-leaved wintergreen] (1923) (156)

Round-leaf [Roundleaf] (1869) (58)

Round-leaf American wintergreen [Round-leaved American wintergreen (1913) (5)

Round-leaf pyrola [Round leaf pyrola, Round leaved pyrola, Round-leaved pyrola] (1785-1923) (8, 92, 138)

Round-leaf wintergreen [Round-leaved wintergreen] (1899-1932) (4, 85, 131, 156, 158)

Shin-leaf [Shin leaf] (1840-1923) (19, 49, 53, 92, 156)

Umbellated pyrola (1913) (5)

Waldmangolt or Waltmangold (German) (1879-1900) (46, 158)

Wild lettuce (1828-1923, misapplied) (5, 7, 92, 156, 158)

Wild lily-of-the-valley (1977) (3)

Wintergreen [Winter-green] (1671-1879) (46)

Winter-grün (1879, German) (1879) (46)

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