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 | Brassica juncea |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Brassicaceae |
| Family common name(s) | crucifer; cruciferae; cruciform; mustard; mustards; cabbage; cress; cresses; brassica |
| Genus common name(s) | brassica; brassica mustard; turnip; cabbage |
| Species common name(s) | India mustard; Japanese mustard; large Chinese mustard; Chinese mustard greens; Chinese mustard green; Chinese leaf mustard; Sichuan large-rooted mustard; Sarepta mustard; Swatow mustard cabbage; European mustard salad greens; Indian leaf mustard; Indian mustard-grass; Indian mustard grass; leaf mustard; plain-leaved mustard; cabbage-leaf mustard; cabbage leaf mustard; wedge-shape leaved mustard; dissected-leaf mustard; cut-leaf mustard; cut leaf mustard; cutleaf mustard; wrinkled leaf mustard; baby leaf mustard; heading leaf mustard; heading mustard; head mustard; southern curled mustard; big-stem mustard; big stem mustard; swollen-stem mustard; swollen stem mustard; ostrich-plume mustard; ostrich plume mustard; potherb mustard; turnip-rooted mustard; large-rooted mustard; root mustard; common mustard greens; mustard greens; green mustard cabbage; bamboo mustard cabbage; sow cabbage; green in the snow |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | turnip, cabbage, Chinese mustard, Abyssinian mustard, Asian mustard, curled mustard, broad-leaved mustard, broad-leaved mustard, broad-leaf mustard, brown mustard, red mustard, mustard cabbage, Chinese greens, Japanese greens, Japanese mustard greens, Japanese mustard green are applied to multiple Brassica taxa; Indian mustard, weedy mustard, wild mustard, oriental mustard, Russian mustard, slender mustard, European mustard, mustard-grass, mustard grass are applied to multiple Brassicaceae taxa |
| | | Notes | Chinese, Sichuan, European is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
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