Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. ssp. coccinea

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Malvastrum coccineum (Pursh) Gray, Malvastrum coccineum Gray, Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. ssp. dissecta (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Kearney, Sphaeralcea coccinea (Pursh) Rydb.

Common names:

Cowboy's delight (1926, Neb, possibly this species) (98)

False mallow (1929-1933) (127, 157)

Heyoka ta pezhuta (1919, Dakota, medicine of the heyoka) (37)

Moss-rose [Moss rose] (1896-1929, Burnside SD) (5, 76, 156, 157)

Prairie mallow (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Red false mallow (1913-1937) (5, 37, 97, 156)

Red mallow (1899-1933) (95, 127, 131, 157)

Scarlet globe-mallow [Scarlet globemallow] (Present) (50)

Scarlet malva (1926, Neb, possibly this species) (98)