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Table 4 Totally different folk names of plants among Arhorchin and Ejina

From: Wild plant folk nomenclature of the Mongol herdsmen in the Arhorchin national nature reserve, Inner Mongolia, PR China

Scientific names

Arhochin

Meanings

Ejina

Meanings

Cleistogenes squarrosa

hazhaar ebes

Bit grass

cagan ebes

White grass

Convolvulus arvensis

hundagan huar

Winecup flower

oryamug

Entwine

Limonium bicolor

suun huar

Milk flower

zer in deleng

Breast of Mongolian gazelle

Polygonum aviculare

gejige ebes

Hair grass

wuyet wulan

Red has node

Serratula centauroides

hongolzuur

——

gaxiun

Bitter

Sphaerophysa salsula

guzhe ebes

Rumen grass

porqigenur; honht ebes

Crackling; grass has bell