Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Ranunculus acris L.

Origin: native & introduced

Common names:

Acrid buttercups (1892) (6)

Acrid crowfoot (1828) (7)

Bachelor's-buttons [Bachelor's buttons, Batchelor's buttons] (1876?-1913) (5, 76, 92)

Biting crowfoot (1923) (156)

Blister plant (1913) (5)

Blister-flower (1900-1929) (156, 157, 158)

Blisterweed [Blister-weed] (1828-1929) (6, 7, 92, 157, 158)

Blisterwort [Blister-wort] (1923) (156)

Burwort [Bur-wort, Burrwort] (1828-1932) (6, 7, 92)

Buttercress [Butter cress, Butter-cress, Butter cresses] (1900-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Buttercup [Buttercups] (1828-1929) (7, 19, 157, 158)

Butter-daisy [Butter daisy] (1900-1929) (156, 157, 158)

Butter-flower (1923) (156)

Butter-rose [Butter rose] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Common buttercup (1923) (156)

Crazy (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Crowfoot (1649-1879) (19, 46)

Cuckoo-buds (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Field buttercup (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Globe amaranth (1876) (92)

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

Goldcup [Gold cup] (1876) (92)

Golden-knops (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Goldicup [Goldicups] (1876-1929) (92, 157, 158)

Gold-knops [Gold knops] (1900-1929) (5, 157, 158)

Goldweed [Gold-weed] (1923) (156)

Guilty-cup [Guilty cup] (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Horse-gold [Horse gold] (1900-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Kingcup [King-cup] (1896-1929, ME) (76, 157, 158)

Mary-buds (1900?-1929?, Shakespeare) (157, 158)

Meadow buttercup (1900-1929) (5, 157, 158)

Meadowbloom (1828-1932) (6, 7)

Paigle (1900, misapplied) (158)

Pilewort (1828) (7)

Queen's-button [Queens-button] (1896, Sulphur Grove OH) (76)

Renoncule (1892, French) (6, 158)

Renoncule acre (1828, French) (7)

Scharf Hahnenfuss (1892, German) (6, 158)

Tall buttercup (1892-Present) (3, 4, 6, 45, 50, 72, 138, 145, 155, 157, 158)

Tall crowfoot (1892-1923) (6, 63, 156)

Upright buttercups (1892) (6)

Upright crowfoot (1892) (6)

Yellow bachelor's-buttons (1900, double variety) (158)

Yellow cress (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Yellow daisy (1891, Northeast US) (79)

Yellow gowan (1900-1929, Scotland) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Yellow pileweed [Yellow pile-weed] (1892) (6)

Yellow-caul (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Yellows (1828) (7)

Yellow-weed [Yellow weed] (1828-1876?) (7, 92)