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 | Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | false-cudweed; false cudweed; falsecud weed |
| Species common name(s) | weedy cudweed; weedy white cudweed; Jersey cudweed; Jersey cud-weed; Jersey cud weed; Jersey rabbit-tobacco; Jersey rabbit tobacco; red-tip rabbit-tobacco; red-tip rabbit tobacco; red-tipped cudweed; red tipped cudweed; yellow-white cudweed |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | rabbit tobacco, rabbit-tobacco, everlasting, cudweed, cud-weed, common cudweed, annual cudweed are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; everlasting cudweed, winged cudweed, winged cud-weed, white cudweed, fragrant everlasting cudweed, fragrant everlasting are applied to multiple Pseudognaphalium taxa; pearly everlasting is more commonly applied to Anaphalis margaritacea; flannel-leaf, flannel leaf, muckweed, muck-weed, muck weed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Gnaphalium luteo-album L.; Gnaphalium luteoalbum L. |
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