Jepson Interchange: Manual Name Data Retrieval

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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	Centaurea jacea nothosubsp. pratensis
group	Eudicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family common name(s)	composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion
Genus common name(s)	centaurea; knapweed; knap-weed; knap weed; knopweed; knop-weed; knop weed; star-thistle; star thistle; starthistle; cornflower; corn-flower; corn flower; barbeau
Species common name(s)	brown-rayed knapweed; brown rayed knapweed; brown-ray knapweed; brown ray knapweed; brownray knapweed; brown-scale knapweed; brownscale knapweed; brown centaury; rayed knapweed; horse-knobs


Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa	centaury, dusty miller, dusty-miller are applied to taxa in multiple families


Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc	[subsp. jacea X subsp. nigra] Centaurea X moncktonii C.E. Britton; Centaurea X pratensis Thuill., illeg.