Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop

Family: Brassicaceae

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Erysimum officinale (L.) Scop., Erysimum officinale L., Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop. var. leiocarpum DC.

Common names:

Bank cress (1900-1929) (107, 157, 158)

Bankweed [Bank-weed] (1923) (156)

California cress (1923) (156)

California mustard (1896-1929, Rumford ME) (76, 157, 158)

Crambling rocket (1919) (107)

English water cress (1876) (92)

Eresimo (1900, Spanish) (158)

Erysimum (1900, French) (158)

Hederich (1900, German) (158)

Hedge-mustard [Hedge mustard, Hedge-mustard, Hedgemustard] (1828-Present) (3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 15, 19, 49, 50, 62, 63, 72, 76, 80, 85, 92, 97, 107, 131, 145, 156, 157, 158)

Hedgeweed [Hedge weed, Hedge-weed] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Herbe aux chantres (1900, French) (158)

Lucifer-matches (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Scrambling rocket (1900-1929) (156, 157, 158)

Tansy mustard (1937, TX) (122)

Tortelle (1900, French) (158)

Vélar (French) (158)

Wilder Senf (1900, German) (158)

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