Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Valeriana edulis Nutt.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Valeriana trachycarpa Rydb.

Common names:

Edible valerian (1899-1942) (5, 63, 72, 155, 156, 158)

Kooyah (1850-1896) (28, 76, 103)

Oregon tobacco (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Quee or Queeah (1905, Snake) (101)

Racine de tabac (1870-1905, French, MT) (101, 103)

Tobacco-root [Tobacco root] (1850-Present) (5, 28, 50, 76, 101, 103, 107, 131, 156, 158)

Valerian (1919) (107)

Wild valerian (1870) (103)