Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Thalictrum dioicum L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Thalictrum laevigatum Michx.

Common names:

Early meadow-rue [Early meadow rue, Early meadowrue] (1878-Present) (2, 5, 50, 63, 72, 82, 85, 86, 127, 131, 138, 155, 156, 158)

Feathered columbine (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Meadow-rue [Meadow rue, Meadowrue] (1840-1876?) (19, 92)

Poor man's rhubarb (1876) (92)

Poor man's rhubarb [Poor-man's rhubarb] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Quicksilver-weed (1894-1986) (3, 4, 5, 74, 158)

Shining-grass [Shining grass] (1900-1913) (5, 158)