Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Senecio vulgaris L.

Origin: introduced

Common names:

Birdseed [Bird-seed] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Chickenweed [Chicken-weed] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Chincone (1900-1923) (156, 158)

Common groundsel (1900-1977) (3, 5, 122, 131, 155, 156, 158)

Flea wort (1876) (92)

Fleawort [Flea wort] (1876?-1900) (92, 156, 158)

Grinsel (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Groundie-swallow [Groundie swallow] (1898-1923, verbal corruption) (92, 156, 158)

Groundsel (1649-1986, accidentally introduced by 1671, Josselyn) (4, 19, 46, 92, 158)

Jacobskraut (1900, German) (158)

Kreuzkraut (1900, German) (158)

Old-man-in-the-Spring (Present) (50)

Sencion (1900-1923) (156, 158)

Senecon (1900, Spanish) (158)

Simson (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923, verbal corruption) (5, 156, 158)

Swichen (1900, verbal corruption) (158)