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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).
| Taxon | Barbarea vulgaris |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Brassicaceae |
| Family common name(s) | crucifer; cruciferae; cruciform; mustard; mustards; cabbage; cress; cresses; brassica |
| Genus common name(s) | yellow-rocket; yellow rocket; yellowrocket; winter-cress; winter cress; wintercress; herb of Santa Barbara; St Barbara's cress; Barbara's cress; St Barbara's herb; herb-Barbara; herb Barbara |
| Species common name(s) | European wintercress; bitter winter-cress; bitter winter cress; bitter wintercress; garden yellow-rocket; garden yellow rocket; garden yellowrocket; garden wintercress; common yellow rocket; poor-man's cabbage; poor man's cabbage; poorman's cabbage; wound rocket; winter-rocket; winter rocket; yellow scurvy-grass |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | common winter-cress, common winter cress, common wintercress, erect-fruit wintercress, erect-fruited winter-cress, erect-fruited wintercress, erect-fruited winter cress, Normandy cress, French cress, cassabully, yellow-rocket, yellow rocket, yellowrocket are applied to multiple Barbarea taxa; bittercress, bitter cress, bitter-cress are more commonly applied to Cardamine; yellow cress Is more commonly applied to Rorippa; winter cress is applied to multiple Brassicaceae taxa; scurvy grass, scurvy-grass, scurvygrass, scurvey grass, scurvey-grass, scurveygrass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Notes | European is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
