Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Silphium perfoliatum L.

Origin: native

Common names:

Akûn'damo (1928, Chippewa, watcher or spy) (40)

Angle-stem [Angle stem] (1919) (37)

Compass plant [Compass-plant] (1932, SD) (85)

Cup plant [Cup-plant] (1852-Present) (3, 4, 5, 37, 40, 47, 49, 50, 58, 62, 63, 72, 82, 92, 93, 97, 106, 109, 127, 131, 156, 158)

Cup rosinweed (1923-1942) (138, 155)

Indian cup [Indian-cup] (1900-1949) (5, 62, 93, 109, 156, 158)

Indian cup plant [Indian cup-plant] (1870-1898) (48, 49, 61, 92)

Ragged cup [Ragged-cup] (1840-1923) (5, 19, 49, 92, 156, 158)

Rake-ni-ozhu (1919, Winnebago, weed that holds water) (37)

Rake-paraparatsh (1919, Winnebago, square weed) (37)

Rosinweed [Rosin weed, Rosin-weed] (1900-1936) (85, 95, 106, 158)

Square-stem [Square stem] (1919) (37)

Zha tanga (1919, Omaha-Ponca, big weed) (37)

Zha-baho-hi (1919, Omaha-Ponca, weed with angled stem) (37)