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 | Amsinckia intermedia |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Boraginaceae |
| Family common name(s) | borage; boragewort; borageworts; forget-me-not; fiddleneck; waterleaf; water-leaf; water leaf; baby-eyes |
| Genus common name(s) | amsinckia; amsinck; fiddle-neck; fiddle neck; buckthornweed; buckthorn-weed; buckthorn weed |
| Species common name(s) | common rancher's fireweed; common ranchers'-fireweed; common ranchers fireweed; intermediate fiddleneck; intermediate rancher's fireweed; orange-flowered Menzies's fiddleneck; orange-flowered Menzies' fiddleneck; orange-flowered Menzies fiddleneck; fireweed fiddleneck; coast buckthorn; sacate gordo; yellow burnweed; finger weed |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | common fiddleneck, common fiddle-neck, tarweed fiddleneck, tarweed fiddle-neck, fiddleneck tarweed, fiddleneck tar weed, rough fiddleneck, rough fiddle-neck, coast fiddleneck, yellow burrweed are applied to multiple Amsinckia taxa; tarweed, tar-weed, tar weed, fireweed, fire-weed, fire weed, yellow tarweed are applied to taxa in multiple families; fiddleneck, woolly-breeches, woolly breeches, yellow forget-me-not are applied to multiple Boraginaceae taxa |
| | | Notes | Menzies is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Menzie's, Menzes's are errors |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Amsinckia menziesii (Lehm.) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr. var. intermedia (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Ganders, ined. |
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