Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Viola nephrophylla Greene

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Viola maccabeana M.S. Baker, Viola nephrophylla Greene var. arizonica (Greene) Kearney & Peebles, Viola nephrophylla Greene var. cognata (Greene) A.S. Hitchc, Viola papilionacea Pursh, Viola pratincola Greene, Viola retusa Greene

Common names:

Blue prairie violet (1986) (4)

Blue violet (1930-1933) (82, 127)

Bog violet (1932, SD) (85)

Butterfly violet (1923-1942) (122, 138, 155)

Common blue violet (1907-1937) (5, 72, 82, 97)

Fightingcocks [Fighting cocks] (1913) (5)

Hooded blue violet (1913-1936) (5, 93)

Kansas violet (1942) (155)

Long-stem purple violet [Long-stemmed purple violet] (1913) (5)

Meadow blue violet (1932, SD) (85)

Meadow violet (1913-1977) (3, 5, 93, 97, 98)

Northern bog violet (1913-Present) (4, 5, 50)

Wanderer violet (1942) (155)

Western blue violet (1913) (5)