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 | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Ericaceae |
| Family common name(s) | heath; heather; heathwort; heathworts |
| Genus common name(s) | arctostaphylos; manzanita |
| Species common name(s) | kinnikinnick manzanita; kinnikinnik manzanita; kinnikinnick manzanita; common kinnikinik; common kinnikinnick; common kinnikinnic; common kinnikinic; common bearberry; common bear-berry; common bear berry; bearberry manzanita; bear-berry manzanita; bear berry manzanita; bearsberry; bear's berry; bear's grape; bear-grape; beargrape; bear grape; bearsgrape; uva-ursi; uva ursi; hog-cranberry; hog cranberry; upland-cranberry; upland cranberry; sandberry; sand berry; arberry; mealberry; meal berry; sandberry; sand berry; sandberry; barren bilberry; meal plum; fox plum; bousserole manzanita; bousserole; universe-vine; universe vine; univese vine; uversy |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | glandular kinnikinnick [subsp. adenotricha]; southern kinnikinnick [subsp. coactilis]; southern bearberry [subsp. coactilis]; Leo Brewer's kinnikinnick [subsp. leo-breweri]; Leo Brewer's manzanita [subsp. leo-breweri]; Leo Brewer kinnikinnick [subsp. leo-breweri]; Leo Brewer manzanita [subsp. leo-breweri] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | red bearberry, red bear-berry are applied to multiple Arctostaphylos taxa; cranberry, mountain cranberry are applied to multiple Ericaceae taxa; mountain box is applied to taxa in multiple families; kinnikinik, kinnikinnik, kinnikinnick, kinnikinnic, kinnikinic, kinnikinick, bearberry, bear-berry, bear berry, rockberry, sand berry, plum, hog-cranberry, hog cranberry are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian whort |
| | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. adenotricha (Fern. & J.F. Macbr.) Calder & Taylor; subsp. coactilis (Fern. & J.F. Macbr.) Á. L√∂ve, D. L√∂ve & Kapoor; subsp. leo-breweri V.T. Parker, M.C. Vasey & J.E. Keeley ined.; f. adenotricha (Fernald & J.F. Macbr.) P.V. Wells; f. coactilis (Fernald & J.F. Macbr.) P.V. Wells |
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