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 | Cardamine breweri |
group | Eudicots |
Family | Brassicaceae |
Family common name(s) | crucifer; cruciferae; cruciform; mustard; mustards; cabbage; cress; cresses; brassica |
Genus common name(s) | cardamine |
Species common name(s) | Brewer's bitter-cress; Brewer's bitter cress; Brewer's bittercress; Brewer bitter-cress; Brewer bitter cress; Brewer bittercress; Sierran bittercress; Sierra bittercress; Sierra-cress; Sierra cress |
| Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | orbicular-leaved bitter-cress [var. orbicularis]; orbicular-leaved bittercress [var. orbicularis]; orbicular-leaved bitter cress [var. orbicularis] |
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | bittercress, bitter cress, bitter-cress, spring cress, spring-cress are applied to multiple Brassicaceae taxa; tooth-wort, toothwort, tooth wort, milk-maids, milkmaids, milk maids, milk-maid, milkmaid, milk maid, lady's-smock, ladies' smock, ladies smock, pepper-root, pepperroot, pepper-root are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Notes | Brewer is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Brewers is an error; when Sierra, Sierran are used as proper names, upper case preferable |
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. breweri; var. orbicularis (Greene) Detling |
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