Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Melanthium virginicum L

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Melanthium dispersum Small, Veratrum virginicum (L.) Ait. f.

Common names:

Blackflower [Black flower, Black-flower] (1840-1923) (5, 19, 92, 156, 158)

Bunchflower, Bunch flower, Bunch-flower (1900-1977) (3, 5, 72, 122, 124, 155, 156, 158)

Common bunchflower [Common bunch flower] (1913, IA) (80)

Quafidil (1828) (7)

Quafodil (1900-1923) (5, 92, 156, 158)

Virginia bunchflower (Present) (50)