Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Camassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Camassia esculenta (Raf.) Cory, Quamasia esculenta Raf., Quamasia hyacinthina (Raf.) Britton, Possibly Camassia esculenta (Ker.) Robins, Possibly Camassia esculenta Lindl.

Common names:

Atlantic camas (1942-Present) (50, 155)

Bear-grass [Bear grass] (1828) (7)

Biscuit-root (1905, MT) (101)

Camas [Camass, Kamas, Kmass] (1805-1930, William Clark, from Nootka chamash translated as "sweet") (14, 28, 35, 78, 101, 106, 156)

Common camass (1919) (107)

Eastern camass [Eastern quamash] (1900?-1977) (3, 5, 158)

Etwoi (1905, Flathead, 1905) (101)

False hyacinth (1923) (156)

Kamass root (1871) (103)

Kamosh (1919) (107)

Light-blue wild hyacinth (1931, OK) (65)

Paseego or Pasiggo (1806-1905, Snake, Shoshone, MT, Meriwether Lewis - spelled Pas-she-co or Pas-shi-co) (35, 101)

Quamash (variant of Camas) (1828-1930) (7, 14, 92, 106, 107)

Wild hyacinth (1828-1937) (5, 7, 72, 78, 97, 103, 106, 158)