Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex L.

Family:

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Sapium sylvaticum Torr., Stillingia salicifolia (Torr.) Raf., Stillingia sylvatica L.

Common names:

Cock-up-hat [Cockup-hat] (1828-1900 ) (6, 7, 92, 158)

Marcory (1828-1900, verbal corruption) (6, 7, 92, 158)

Nettle-potato [Nettle potatoe, Nettle potato] (1900-1923) (5, 64, 156, 158)

Queen-of-the-lights [Queen of the lights] (1894, GA, corruption of Queen's delight) (75)

Queen's-delight [Queen's delight, Queens' delight] (1869-Present) (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 64, 75, 92, 97, 122, 156, 158)

Queen's-delight stillingia [Queensdelight stillingia] (1942) (155)

Queen's-root [Queens' root, Queen's root, Queen root, Queen-root] (1869-1923) (5, 6, 48, 49, 52, 53, 57, 58, 60, 64, 92, 156, 158)

Silverleaf [Silver leaf, Silver-leaf] (1869-1923) (49, 53, 58, 64, 92, 156, 158)

Stillingia (1870-1917) (52, 54, 55, 57, 59, 61, 64, 92)

Stillingie (1892-1900, French) (6, 158)

Stillingie (1892-1900, German) (6, 158)

Yawroot [Yaw root, Yaw-root] (1828-1923) (5, 6, 7, 49, 53, 55, 58, 92, 156, 158)

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