Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Gentiana alba Muhl. ex Nutt.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Dasystephana flavida (Gray) Britton, Gentiana alba Muhl., Gentiana flavida Gray, Gentiana flavida Gray, Gentiana serpentaria Raf., Gentiana ochroleuca Sims, Possibly Gentiana ochroleuca Froel., Possibly Gentiana ochroleuca Willd.

Common names:

Marsh gentian (1840-1898) (19, 49, 92)

Pale gentian (1828) (7)

Plain gentian (Present) (50)

Sampson root (1876) (92)

Sampson snakeroot [Sampson snake root] (1876?-1898) (49, 92)

Snakeroot (1882) (14)

Snakeroot gentian [Snake root gentian] (1828) (7)

Straw-colored gentian [Straw colored gentian] (1876?-1898) (49, 92)

White gentian (1882) (48)

Yellow gentian (1923) (156)

Yellowish gentian (1907-1923) (5, 72, 156)

Yellowish-white gentian [Yellowish white gentian] (1876?-1898) (49, 92)