Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (Nutt.) Nesom

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Aster kumleinii Fries ex Gray, Aster oblongifolius Nutt., Aster oblongifolius Nutt. var. angustatus Shinners, Aster oblongifolius Nutt. var. orientis Shinners, Aster oblongifolius Nutt. var. rigidulus Gray, Lasallea oblongifolia (Nutt.) Semple & L. Brouillet, Virgulus oblongifolius (Nutt.) Reveal & Keener

Common names:

Aromatic aster (1899-Present) (3, 4, 5, 50, 72, 82, 93, 97, 122, 131, 155)

Blue prairie aster (1933, ND) (127)

Kumlien aster (1942) (155)

Oblong-leaf aster [Oblong-leaved aster] (1930, IA) (82)

Prairie aster (1932, SD) (85)