Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Gentiana andrewsii Griseb.

Family: Gentianaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Dasystephana andrewsii (Griseb.) Small., Gentiana andrewii (sic)

Common names:

Andrew's gentian [Andrews gentian] (1942) (155)

Barrel gentian (1894-1929) (5, 75, 156, 157)

Belmony (1891, NH) (79)

Blind gentian (1892-1923) (5, 73, 75, 156, 157)

Blue gentian [Blue-gentian] (1923-1932) (85, 156)

Bottle gentian (1894-1936) (4, 5, 75, 93, 156, 157)

Cloistered-heart [Cloistered heart] (1900?-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 157)

Closed blue gentian (1913) (5)

Closed bottle gentian (Present) (50)

Closed gentian (1878-1977) (3, 63, 72, 86, 93, 109, 127, 131, 138, 156, 157)

Dumb foxglove (1923) (156)

Sampson's snakeroot (1923) (156)

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