Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Pyrola elliptica Nutt.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Pyrola compacta Jennings

Common names:

Lesser wintergreen (1923) (156)

Ninbegoskok (1932, Chippewa) (105)

Round-leaf [Roundleaf] (1828) (7)

Shin-leaf [Shin leaf, Shinleaf] (1878-1932, leaves used as "shin-plasters" for wounds of the shin and elsewhere) (2, 5, 63, 72, 85, 86, 95, 105, 131, 138, 156, 157, 158)

Wax-flower pyrola [Waxflower pyrola] (1942) (155)

Wax-flower shin-leaf [Waxflower shinleaf] (Present) (50)

White wintergreen [White winter-green] (1840) (19)

Wild lily-of-the-valley (1894-1986) (3, 4, 5, 75, 157, 158)

Wintergreen (1878) (86)

Wood-lily [Wood lily] (1923, misapplied) (156)

Yaskobgedek (1932, Chippewa) (105)