Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Trillium cernuum L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Trillium cernuum L. var. macranthum Eames & Wieg., Trillium latifolium Raf.

Common names:

Benjamins (1923) (156)

Bethroot (1828) (7)

Broad-leaf bethroot [Broadleaf bethroot] (1828) (7)

Cough root [Cough-root] (1828-1923) (5, 7, 156, 158)

Drooping trillium (1923) (156)

Ground-lily [Ground lily] (1828-1923) (5, 7, 156, 158)

Indian balm (1828) (7)

Indian shamrock (1828) (7)

Jews' harp [Jews harp] (1828) (7)

Jews-harp plant [Jewsharp plant, Jew's-harp plant] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Lamb's-quarters (1900, misapplied) (158)

Mochar newachar (1828, Indians of Missouri) (7)

Nodding trillium (1923-1977) (3, 138, 155, 156)

Nodding wake-robin [Nodding wake robin] (1907-1933) (5, 72, 127, 156, 158)

Nodding white trillium (1895) (2)

Pariswort (1828) (7)

Rattlesnake root [Rattlesnake-root] (1828-1923, misapplied) (5, 7, 156, 158)

Snakebite [Snake bite, Snake-bite] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Triole dilatee (1828, French) (7)

Truelove (1828) (7)

Wake-robin [Wakerobin] (1828) (7)

Whip-poor-will flower (Present) (50)

White Benjamin (1900-1913) (5, 158)