1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore II. 760/2 Mountain-sweet, a Canadian name for Ceanothus americanus.
1900 W. Robinson (ed. 8) 470/1 Ceanothus (Mountain Sweet).
1976 (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 237/1 [Ceanothus] americanus L. New Jersey Tea, Wild Snowball, Mountain-Sweet.