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 | Anthemis cotula |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | anthemis |
| Species common name(s) | common mayweed; common may-weed; mayweed chamomile; mayweed camomile; fœtid chamomile; foetid camomile; foetid marigold; fetid marigold; fetid chamomile; fetid camomile; fetid mayweed; fetid may-weed; common dog-fennel; common dog fennel; common dogfennel; dog-fennel chamomile; dog fennel chamomile; dog-banner; dog-binder; dog-finkle; stinking chamomile; stinking chamomille; stinking camomile; stinking mayweed; white stinkweed; stinking daisy; pigsty-daisy; pig-sty daisy; pig-sty-daisy; poison-daisy; poison daisy; bald-eyebrow; bald-eye-brow; balderbraw; chiggy-weed; dillydilweed; dillidillweed; jayweed; jay-weed; maden-weed; maithen; path-weed; pissweed; pig-sty daisy; pig-sty-daisy; pigsty daisy |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | corn chamomile, corn camomile are more commonly applied to Anthemis arvensis; dillweed, dilweed are more commonly applied to Anethum graveolens; chamomile, camomile, chamomille, chamomile, camomyle, common chamomile, common camomile, dog camomile, dog-camomile, dog chamomile, dog-chamomile, dog's camomile, dog’s chamomile, dog’s camomile, dog camovyne, dog's-camovyne, dog's camovyne, dog daisy, dog-daisy, horse-daisy, horse daisy, dog-fennel, dog fennel, dogfennel, maithes, mayweed, may-weed, may weed, wild chamomile, wild camomile are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; stinking fennel, stink-weed, stink weed, stinkweed, dilly, fieldweed, field-weed, fieldwort, field-wort, hog fennel, hog-fennel, hog's fennel, hog's-fennel, ironwort, iron-wort, mathes, chiggerweed, chigger-weed, chigger weed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Anthemis foetida Lam.; Chamaemelum cotula (L.) All.; Chamaemelum foetidum Baumg.; Maruta cotula (L.) DC. |
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