Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Senna marilandica (L.) Link

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Cassia marilandica L., Cassia marylandica L., Cassia medsgeri Shafer, Ditremexa marilandica (L.) Britton & Rose, Ditremexa medsgeri (Shafer) Britton & Rose

Common names:

American senna (1828-1929) (5, 7, 48, 49, 53, 57, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Cassia (1929) (157)

Cassia lignea (1879) (46)

Locust plant [Locust-plant] (1828-1929) (7, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Marilandische Cassia (1828, German) (7)

Maryland senna (1986-Present) (4, 50)

Medsger's wild senna (1913-1937) (5, 97)

Senna (1930, Southern states) (106)

Senna Americana (1828, Official Name of Materia Medica) (1828) (7)

Senne' d'Amerique (1913, French) (5)

Ūnnagéi (1886, Cherokee, black, medicinal for disease of this name that was said to turn hands and eyesockets black) (102)

Wild senna (1828-1977) (3, 5, 7, 19, 49, 53, 62, 63, 72, 82, 92, 95, 97, 102, 109, 138, 145, 155, 156, 157, 158)