Jepson Interchange: Manual Name Data Retrieval

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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	Calyptridium umbellatum
group	Eudicots
Family	Montiaceae
Family common name(s)	montia
Genus common name(s)	calyptridium; pussy-paws; pussy paws; pussypaws; pussy's-paws; pussy's paws
Species common name(s)	umbellate pussy-paws; umbellate pussy paws; umbellate pussypaws; Mount Hood umbellate pussy-paws; Mount Hood umbellate pussy paws; Mount Hood umbellate pussypaws; Mount Hood pussy-paws; Mount Hood pussy paws; Mount Hood pussypaws; Mount Hood pussy's-paws; Mt Hood umbellate pussy-paws; Mt Hood umbellate pussy paws; Mount Hood umbellate pussypaws; Mt Hood pussy-paws; Mt Hood pussypaws; Mt Hood pussy's-paws

Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets	alpine cistanthe [var. caudicifera]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa	common pussypaws is applied to multiple Calyptridium taxa; pussypaws, cat's-ears, cat's ears, cat's-ear, cat's ear, catsear are applied to taxa in multiple families


Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc	Portulacaceae; var. caudiciferum (A. Gray) Jeps.; Cistanthe umbellata (Torr.) Hershk.