Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Baptisia australis (L.) R. Br. ex Aiton f.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Baptisia australis R. Br., Baptisia cerulea, Baptisia caerulea Eaton & Wright

Common names:

Blue false indigo (1913-1937) (5, 97, 156)

Blue indigo (1882-1923) (48, 156, 158)

Blue rattlebush [Blue rattle-bush] (1900) (158)

Blue wild indigo [Blue wild-indigo, Blue wildindigo] (1913-Present) (5, 50, 138, 155)

False indigo (1876-1900) (92, 156, 158)

Rattlebush [Rattle bush] (1913) (5)

Spiked indigo weed (1840) (19)

Wild indigo (1900-1923) (156, 158)