Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Aira obtusata Michx., Eatonia obtusata Gr., Koeleria truncata [(Muhl.) Torr.], Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn. var. lobata (Trin.) Scribn., Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn. var. pubescens (Scribn. & Merr.) Scribn.

Common names:

Blunt-scale eatonia [Blunt scaled eatonia] (1901-1907) (56, 72)

Blunt-scale grass [Blunt scaled grass] (1932-1944) (134, 140)

Blunt-scale sphenopholis [Blunt-scaled sphenopholis] (1938, OK) (119)

Early bunch grass [Early bunchgrass, Early bunch-grass] (1894-1944) (5, 56, 94, 111, 119, 129, 140)

Prairie bunch grass (1894, SD) (129)

Prairie grass [Prairie-grass] (1888-1913) (5, 11, 75, 144)

Prairie sphenopholis (1932, KS) (134)

Prairie wedge grass [Prairie wedgegrass] (1937, TX) (122)

Prairie wedgescale (1942-Present) (50, 140, 155)

Truncated koeleria (1903) (66)