Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Centaurea solstitialis L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Centaurea sicula Leyss. ex DC., Leucantha solstitialis (L.) A.& D. Löve, Spina solstitalis

Common names:

Barnaby's thistle (1840-1977) (3, 5, 19, 93, 156)

Carduus stellatus luteus foliis cyani (1694, Tournefort) (46)

Knapweed [Knapweed] (1828-1913) (7, 80)

Phalaritha (1879) (46)

St. Barnaby's thistle (1840-1936) (5, 19, 93 157)

Star-thistle [Star thistle] (1913-1929?) (80, 157)

Yellow centaurium (1942) (155)

Yellow star-thistle [Yellow star thistle] (1900?-Present) (4, 50, 106, 157)