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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).





TaxonCaltha leptosepala
groupEudicots
FamilyRanunculaceae
Family common name(s)buttercup; butter-cup; crowfoot; crowfoots; larkspur; delphinium; ranunc
Genus common name(s)marsh-marigold; marsh marigold; marshmarigold; marsh mary-gold; marsh marygold; March marigold
Species common name(s)alpine white marsh-marigold; alpine white marsh marigold; white mountain marsh-marigold; white mountain marsh marigold; western marsh marigold; slender-sepaled marsh-marigold; slender-sepaled marsh marigold; slender-sepal marsh-marigold; slendersepal marshmarigold; broad-leaved marsh-marigold; broad leaved marsh marigold; broad-leaf marsh-marigold; broadleaf marshmarigold; elkslip marsh-marigold; elkslip marsh marigold; elkslip marshmarigold; elkslip white marsh marigold; elk-slip marsh-marigold; elk-slip marsh marigold; elk slip marsh marigold; elkslip; elk-slip; elk slip
 
Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in bracketstwo-flowered white marsh-marigold [var. biflora]; two-flowered white marsh marigold [var. biflora]; two-flowered marsh-marigold [var. biflora]; two-flowered marsh marigold [var. biflora]; Howell's marsh-marigold [subsp. howelli]; Howell's marsh marigold [subsp. howelli]; Howell's marshmarigold [subsp. howelli]; Howell marsh-marigold [subsp. howelli]; Howell marsh marigold [subsp. howelli]; Howell marshmarigold [subsp. howelli]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxawhite marsh-marigold, white marsh marigold, white marshmarigold, yellow marsh-marigold, yellow marsh marigold, yellow marshmarigold, mountain marsh-marigold, mountain marsh marigold are applied to multiple Caltha taxa; cowslip, gowan, gowans are applied to taxa in multiple families
 
NotesHowell is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Howells is an error
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcvar. biflora (DC.) G. Lawson; Caltha biflora DC.
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