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Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Vaccaria hispanica |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Caryophyllaceae |
| Family common name(s) | pink; pinks; chickweed |
| Genus common name(s) | vaccaria; cow-soapwort; cow soapwort; cowsoapwort |
| Species common name(s) | field vaccaria; field soapwort; cow-soapwort; cow soapwort; cowsoapwort; cow soap-wort; cow soap wort; common cow-cockle; common cow cockle; common cowcockle; Spanish cow-cockle; Spanish cow cockle; Spanish cockle; common cow-herb; common cowherb; Spanish cow-herb; Spanish cowherb; pink cockle; dairy pink; prairie carnation |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | cow-cockle, cow cockle, cowcockle, cow herb, cow-herb, cowherb, cow-basil, cow basil, bladder soapwort, China cockle, spring cockle are applied to multiple Caryophyllaceae taxa; soapwort, soap-wort, soap wort, soap-plant, soapplant, soap plant, soap root, soap-root, soaproot, soapweed, soap-weed, soap weed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Notes | Spanish is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
