Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Physostegia parviflora Nutt. ex Gray

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Dracocephalum nuttallii Britton, Physostegia nuttallii (Britton) Fassett, Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth. var. parviflora (Nutt. ex Gray) Boivin

Common names:

Obedient plant (1933-1986) (3, 4, 127)

Purple lion's-heart [Purple lion's heart] (1907-1936) (5, 72, 93)

Western false dragonhead (Present) (50)

Western lion's-heart [Western lion's heart] (1913-1936) (5, 93)