Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (P. Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Lychnis Śloveae Boivin, Lychnis alba P. Mill., Lychnis vespertina Sibthorp, Melandrium album (P. Mill.) Garcke, Silene alba (P. Mill.) Krause, Silene pratensis (Raf.) Godr. & Gren.

Common names:

Bladder campion (Present) (50)

Bull-rattle [Bull rattle] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Cow-rattle [Cow rattle] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Cuckoo flower (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Evening campion (1923-1949) (109, 138, 155, 156)

Evening lychnis (1895-1923) (5, 15, 156)

Evening-blooming lychnis (1900) (158)

Ragged-robin (1900, double variety) (158)

Snakeflower [Snake flower, Snake-flower] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Thunder-flower [Thunder flower] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

White bachelor's-buttons [White bachelor's buttons] (1900-1923) (156, 158)

White campion (1895-1986) (4, 5, 15, 62, 80, 85, 95, 109, 131, 156, 158)

White champion (1907, IA) (72)

White cockle (1912-1986) (4, 62, 80)

White cuckoo-flower (1900) (158)

White-robin [White robin] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Wild cuckoo-flower (1900) (158)