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 | Boechera pulchra |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Brassicaceae |
| Family common name(s) | crucifer; cruciferae; cruciform; mustard; mustards; cabbage; cress; cresses; brassica |
| Genus common name(s) | boechera |
| Species common name(s) | beautiful rock-cress; beautiful rock cress; beautiful rockcress; beauty rockcress; pretty rockcress; prince's rock-cress; prince's rock cress; prince's rockcress |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | desert rock-cress, desert rock cress, desert rockcress, wall-cress, wallcress, wall cress, wild mustard are applied to multiple Brassicaceae taxa; rock-cress, rockcress, rock cress are applied to Arabis s.l. |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. pulchra; Arabis pulchra M.E. Jones |
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