Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Smilax herbacea L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Nemexia herbacea (L.) Small, Smilax peduncularis [Muhl. Ex Willd.]

Common names:

American Jacob's ladder [American jacob's-ladder] (1879) (158)

Bohea tea (1840) (19)

Carrion-flower [Carrion flower] (1900-1977) (3, 72, 85, 97, 109, 156, 157, 158)

Carrion-flower greenbrier [Carrionflower greenbrier] (1942) (155)

Field yam-root (1923) (156)

Herbaceous carrion-flower (1936, Neb) (93)

Jacob's flower (1882-1913) (5, 14, 22, 40)

Jacob's ladder (1830-1882) (19, 37, 48, 92)

Ma'kodji'bik (1928, Chippewa, bear root) (40)

Smooth carrion-flower [Smooth carrionflower] (Present) (50)

Tall carrion-flower (1923) (156)

Toshunk ah'unshke (1830, Winnebago, otter armlet) (37)