Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Liatris Gaertn. ex Schreber.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Lacinaria Hill., Liatris Auct., Liatris Schreber.

Common names:

Backache root (1828) (7)

Blazing star [Blazing-star] (1878-Present) (1, 2, 4, 7, 50, 63, 82, 86, 93, 106, 109, 114, 127, 158)

Button snakeroot [Button-snakeroot] (1828-1936) (1, 2, 7, 63, 93, 106, 109, 156)

Devil's-bite [Devil's bite, Devilsbite] (1828) (7)

Gayfeather [Gay feather, Gay-feather] (1828-1986) (4, 7, 86, 98, 109, 138, 155)

Pinette de prairie (1818, Canadian boatmen) (10)

Prairie pines (1828) (7)

Rattlesnake master (1828) (7)

Roughroot [Rough root] (1828) (7)

Sawort (1828) (7)

Throatwort (1828) (7)