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 | Bulbostylis capillaris |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Cyperaceae |
| Family common name(s) | sedge; sedges; bulrush |
| Genus common name(s) | bulbostylis; bulbostyle; bulbstyle; bulb-styled sedge; hair-sedge; hairsedge |
| Species common name(s) | hair-like bulbostylis; hair-like fimbristylis; hair-like stenophyllus; hairsedge bulbostyle; hairsedge bulbstyle; thread-leaved beak-seed; thread-leaved beakseed; thread-leaf beakseed; thread leaf beakseed; threadleaf beakseed; dense-tuft hair-sedge; dense tuft hair sedge; dense-tuft hairsedge; densetuft hairsedge; common hairsedge; common hair-sedge; common hair sedge |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | sand-sedge, sand sedge are applied to multiple Cyperaceae taxa; sand-rush, sand rush, deergrass, deer-grass, deer grass, grassweed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Stenophyllus capillaris (L.) Britton; Scirpus capillaris L. |
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