Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Symphyotrichum ericoides (L.) Nesom var. ericoides

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Aster batesii Rydb., Aster ericoides L., Aster multiflorus Aiton, Aster multiflorus Aiton var. exiguus Fern., Aster polycephalus Rydb., Lasallea ericoides (L.) Semple & L. Brouillet, Virgulus ericoides (L.) Reveal & Keener

Common names:

Button aster (1923) (156)

Dense-flower aster [Dense-flowered aster] (1899-1937) (5, 72, 82, 93, 97, 131)

Dense-flower wreath-aster [Dense-flowered wreath-aster] (1900) (158)

Dog-fennel [Dog fennel, Dog's fennel] (1900-1923, misapplied) (5, 156, 158)

Fallflower [Fall flower, Fall-flower] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Farewell-summer [Farewell summer] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Frost aster (1930, IA) (82, 106)

Frost-blow (1923) (156)

Frostweed [Frost weed, Frost-weed] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Frostweed aster [Frost-weed aster] (1923) (156)

Heath aster (1923-1949) (109, 138, 155)

Heath-like aster (1923-1930) (82, 156)

Many-flower aster [Many-flowered aster] (1913, IA) (80)

Mare's-tail [Mare's tail] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Michaelmas daisy (1900-1923, misapplied) (5, 156, 158)

Scrub-bush [Scrub bush] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Steelweed [Steel weed, Steel-weed] (1912-1923) (5, 62, 156)

White aster (1913-1932) (3, 4, 80, 85, 98, 106)

White heath aster [White heath-aster] (1900-Present) (5, 50, 62, 72, 82, 156, 158)

White prairie aster (1932-1933) (127, 85)

White wreath aster [White wreath-aster] (1900-1923) (156, 158)

White-rosemary [White rosemary] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Wreath aster (1923) (138)