“spring flower” because it’s one of the first to appear in the spring

(wáȟča +čháŋté + zí) “yellow heart flower”

(waȟčá + ape + ȟpí) “drooping petal flower”

(wáȟča + ȟláȟla + zí) “yellow bell flower”

(waȟča + bláya) “flower that is unfolded/spread out” In reference to the trumpetlike flowers