| Taxon | Anthoxanthum occidentale |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | vernal-grass; vernal grass; vernalgrass; vanilla-grass; vanilla grass; vanillagrass; holy grass; holy-grass; holygrass |
| Species common name(s) | California sweet-grass; California sweet grass; California sweetgrass; California vanilla-grass; California vanilla grass; California vanillagrass; western sweetgrass; western sweet grass; western vanilla-grass; western vanilla grass |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | sweetgrass, sweet-grass, sweet grass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
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| Notes | California is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Hierochloe occidentalis Buckley |
