Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) Yates

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Uniola latifolia Michx.

Common names:

Broad-flower fescue grass [Broad-flowered fescue grass] (1884) (87)

Broad-leaf spike grass [Broad-leaved spike grass, Broad-leaved spike-grass] (1852-1938) (5, 56, 66, 72, 94, 99, 119, 163)

Broad-leaf uniola [Broadleaf uniola] (1923-1942) (122, 138, 155)

Indian woodoats (Present) (50)

Wild fescue grass [Wild fescue-grass] (1899, KS) (144)

Wild oats (1913) (5)

Alabama lip fern [Alabama lip-fern, Alabama lipfern] (1913-Present) (4, 5, 50, 97, 122, 155)