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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).





TaxonAnemone lyallii
groupEudicots
FamilyRanunculaceae
Family common name(s)buttercup; butter-cup; crowfoot; crowfoots; larkspur; delphinium; ranunc
Genus common name(s)anemone
Species common name(s)Lyall's anemone; Lyall's wood anemone; Lyall's wood-anemone; Lyall's wind-flower; Lyall's wind flower; Lyall's windflower; Lyall anemone; Lyall wood anemone; Lyall wood-anemone; Lyall wind-flower; Lyall wind flower; Lyall windflower; little mountain anemone; little mountain thimble-weed; little mountain thimbleweed; nine-leaved anemone;
 
 
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxawestern wood anemone, wood anemone, wood-anemone are applied to multiple Anemone taxa; small wind-flower, small wind flower, small windflower are applied to multiple Ranunculaceae taxa; wind-flower, wind flower, windflower are applied to taxa in multiple families
 
 
 
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