Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Baptisia bracteata Muhl. ex Ell.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Baptisia bracteata Ell.

Common names:

Black rattle pod (1919) (37)

Bracted false indigo (1930, IA) (82)

Cream wild indigo [Cream wild-indigo, Cream wildindigo] (1923-1942) (138, 155)

Gasatho (1919, Omaha-Ponca, rattle) (37)

Large-bract wild indigo [Large-bracted wild indigo] (1907-1937) (5, 72, 93, 97)

Long-bract wild indigo [Longbract wild indigo] (Present) (50)

Pira-kari (Pawnee, many children) (1919) (37)

Tdika shande nuga (1919, Omaha-Ponca) (37)

Wild indigo (1930, IA) (82)

Yellow false indigo (1913) (5)