Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Liatris pycnostachya Michx.

Origin: native

Common names:

Cat-tail gayfeather [Cattail gayfeather] (1923) (138)

Hairy button snakeroot [Hairy button snake root, Hairy button snake-root, Hairy button-snake-root] (1923-1937) (122, 124, 156)

Kansas gayfeather [Kansas gay feather] (1923-1942) (155, 156)

Prairie blazing star (1930-Present) (50, 82)

Prairie button snakeroot [Prairie button-snakeroot] (1923) (156)

Pride-of-the-prairies [Pride of the prairies] (1820) (38)

Tall blazing star (1977) (3)