Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Scutellaria lateriflora L.

Origin: native

Common names:

American skullcap (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Blue pimpernel (1892-1929) (5, 6, 156, 157, 158)

Blue skullcap [Blue skull-cap, Blue scullcap] (1869-Present) (3, 5, 50, 58, 85, 92, 93, 97, 156)

Dhood wort (1840) (19)

Gû'nigwali'ski (1886, Cherokee meaning "it becomes discolored when bruised" because red juice comes out of stem when bruised or chewed) (102)

Helmet-flower [Helmet flower] (1876) (92)

Helmkraut (1892, German) (6)

Hooded willow-herb (1876) (92)

Hoodwort [Hood-wort] (1869-1929) (5, 6, 52, 58, 77, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Mad dog scullcap (1840) (19)

Mad-dog [Mad dog] (1913-1929) (5, 157)

Mad-dog skullcap [Mad-dog skull-cap, Mad-dog skull cap, Mad dog skullcap, Mad dog skull cap, Mad-dog scullcap, Mad dog scullcap] (1892-1929) (2, 6, 63, 72, 75, 82, 93, 131, 156, 157, 158)

Mad-dog weed [Mad dog weed] (1876?-1892) (6, 92)

Madweed [Mad-weed] (1892-1929) (5, 6, 49, 52, 53, 92, 56, 157, 158)

Scutellaire (1892, French) (6)

Scutellaria (1905-1917) (54, 55, 57, 59)

Side-flower skullcap [Sideflowering skullcap, Side-flowering scull-cap, Side flowering scullcap, Side-flowering skullcap] (1876-1942) (5, 92, 155, 158)

Skullcap [Scullcap] (1869-1929) (48, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 61, 92, 102, 157)

Virginia skullcap [Virginian skull cap] (1892) (6)