The Medical Flora of Kansas: Helenium - Lycopus.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: Journals: TNEMA 1882-1883.
Liatris scariosa (L.) Willd.
Engl.: prairie gayfeather, backache root, gay-feather, large button snakeroot, tall gayfeather.
Bot. syn.: Lacinaria scariosa (L.) Hill, Liatris borealis Nutt., Liatris novae-angliae (Lunell) Shinners, Liatris x niewlandii (Lunell) Gaiser.
