Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Artemisia cana Pursh

origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Artemisia columbiensis Nutt.

Common names:

Blue sage (1905, MT) (101)

Dwarf sagebrush (1977) (3)

Hoary sagebrush, Hoary sage-bush (1899-1936) (5, 93, 95, 131)

Little sage brush (1890-1895) (113, 130)

Sagebrush [Sage brush] (1905-1939) (101, 146)

Sagebush [Sage bush] (1830) (36)

Silver sagebrush (Present) (50)

Smaller sagebrush (1911, Neb) (95)

White sagebrush [White sage-brush] (1878) (108)

Wild sage (1818-1840) (10, 19, 36)

Wild wormwood (1830) (36)