Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Rubus occidentalis L.

Family: Rosaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Rubus occidentalis L. var. pallidus Bailey

Common names:

Agthamungi (1919, Omaha-Ponca) (37)

American blackberry bush (1770) (41)

American bramble (1770) (41)

American raspberry (1785-1820) (8, 12)

Aparu (Pawnee, berry) (1919) (37)

Black raspberry (1852-Present) (1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 19, 40, 46, 47, 50, 63, 72, 82, 85, 93, 97, 107, 113, 130, 131, 156, 157, 158)

Blackberry [Black berry] (1893-1929, Ann Arbor Mich, misapplied) (5, 74, 157, 158)

Blackcap [Black cap, Black-cap] (1893-1936) (1, 2, 5, 74, 93, 107, 156, 157, 158)

Blackcap raspberry (1942) (155)

Common black raspberry (1910, MT) (135)

Common blackcap (1923) (138)

Common raspberry (1891, OK) (96)

Hindberry [Hind-berries] (1622) (46)

Kadem-sku-min (1932, Chippewa) (105)

Oda'tagago'minaga'wûnj (1928, Chippewa) (1928) (40)

Purple raspberry (1913) (5)

Raspberry (1894, Neb) (114)

Ronce d'Occident (1785, French) (8)

Scotch caps (1913) (5)

Takanhecha (1919, Dakota, Takanhecha-hu translates as raspberry bush) (37)

Thimbleberry [Thimble berry, Thimble-berry] (1840-1923) (2, 5, 22, 19, 46, 92, 107, 156)

Wild black raspberry (1911-1932) (95, 105)

Wild purple raspberry (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Wild raspberry (1919-1930) (37, 106)

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