Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Silphium laciniatum L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Silphium gummiferum [Ell.]

Common names:

Chanshilshila (1919, Dakota Teton) (37)

Chanshinshinla (1919, Dakota) (37)

Compass plant [Compass-plant, Compassplant] (1852-Present) ( 3, 4, 5, 14, 37, 47, 50, 58, 63, 72, 82, 86, 93, 95, 97, 109, 131, 138, 155, 156, 157, 158)

Compassweed [Compass weed] (1876-1937) (92, 122)

Gum plant [Gum-plant] (1923) (156)

Gumweed [Gum weed (1919) (37)

Kahts-tawas (1919, Pawnee, rough medicine) (37)

Makan-tanga (1919, Omaha-Ponca, big medicine or root) (37)

Nakisokiits or nakisu-kiitsu (1919, Pawnee, pine water) (37)

Pilotweed [Pilot weed, Pilot-weed] (1876-1929) (5, 37, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Polar plant [Polar-plant] (1882-1929) (5, 14, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Prairie dock (1876) (92)

Prairie weed (1876) (92)

Rosinweed [Rosin weed, Rosin-weed] (1852-1930) (2, 5, 14, 37, 47, 48, 58, 61, 82, 92, 156, 157)

Shokanwa-hu (Winnebago, gum plant) (1919) (37)

Turpentine plant [Turpentine-plant] (1882-1923) (14, 156)

Turpentine sunflower (1876) (92)

Turpentine-weed [Turpentine weed] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Zha-pa (1919, Omaha-Ponca, bitter weed) (37)