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 | Arrhenatherum elatius |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | arrhenatherum |
| Species common name(s) | tall false oat-grass; false-oat-grass; false oat grass; false oat-grass; false-oat grass; false oatgrass; falseoat-grass; falseoatgrass; French rye-grass; French rye grass; French ryegrass; French ray-grass; French ray grass; ray grass of France; fromental; fenasse; butter twitch; button twitch; Hever grass |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | bulbous oatgrass [subsp. bulbosum]; bulbous oat grass [subsp. bulbosum]; bulbous false oat [subsp. bulbosum]; tuber oatgrass [subsp. bulbosum]; tuber oat grass [subsp. bulbosum]; onion twitch [subsp. bulbosum]; onion couch [subsp. bulbosum] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | false oat, tall oatgrass, tall oat-grass, tall oat grass, oatgrass, oat-grass, oat grass, evergreen grass, grass-of-the-Andes, French oatgrass, French oat-grass, French raygrass, button grass, ryegrass, rye-grass, rye grass, twitch-grass, twitch grass, twitch are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; oniongrass, onion-grass, onion grass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | French is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. biaristatum (Peterm.) Peterm.; subsp. bulbosum (Willd.) Schöbl. & G. Martens |
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