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 retrorsa |
| 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) | retrose fiddleneck; Palouse tarweed |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | tarweed fiddleneck, tarweed fiddle-neck, fiddleneck tarweed, fiddleneck tar weed, rough fiddleneck, rough fiddle-neck, rigid fiddleneck, rigid fiddle-neck, harvest fiddleneck, harvest fireweed are applied to multiple Amsinckia taxa; fiddleneck, woolly-breeches, woolly breeches, yellow forget-me-not are applied to multiple Boraginaceae taxa; fireweed, fire-weed, fire weed, tarweed, tar-weed, tar weed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Amsinckia helleri Brand; Amsinckia parviflora A. Heller |
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