Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Sanguisorba minor Scop. ssp. muricata (Spach) Nordborg

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Poterium polygamum Waldst. & Kit., Poterium sanguisorba auct. non L., Poterium sanguisorba L. - of Britton & Brown and others, Sanguisorba sanguisorba (L.) Britton

Common names:

Bibernel (1876) (92)

Bibernell (1900, German) (158)

Bilbernel (1913) (5)

Bloodwort [Blood-wort, Bloodwort] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Burnet (1671-1949, cultivated by English colonists by 1671, Josselyn) (19, 45, 46, 107, 109, 157, 158)

Burnet clover (1894, SD) (129)

Common burnet (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Garden burnet (1900-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Pimprenelle (1900-1929) (5, 157, 158)

Salad burnet (1900-1923) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Small bibernel (1876-1929) (92, 157, 158)

Small burnet (Present) (50)

Toper's plant (1900-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)