Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Campanula acuminata Michx., Campanula americana L., Campanula americana L. var. illinoensis (Fresen.) Farw., Campanula nitida Dod.

Common names:

American bellflower (1942-Present) (4, 50, 155)

Hibelia (1898, Sulphur Grove OH, spikes of flowers resemble Lobelia syphylitica, High lobelia, from a distance) (77)

Tall belleflower (1907, IA) (72)

Tall bellflower [Tall bell-flower] (1894-1986) (3, 4, 5, 63, 65, 82, 93, 95, 97, 114, 131, 156)