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 nuttallii |
| 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) | Nuttall's toothwort; Nuttall's bitter-cress; Nuttall's bitter cress; Nuttall's bittercress; Nuttall toothwort; Nuttall bitter-cress; Nuttall bitter cress; Nuttall bittercress |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | Coville's toothwort [var. covilleana]; Coville toothwort [var. covilleana]; tooth-leaved Nuttall's toothwort [var. dissecta]; tooth-leaved Nuttall toothwort [var. dissecta]; yellow-tubered toothwort [var. gemmata]; purple dentaria [var. gemmata]; Siskiyou toothwort [var. gemmata]; palmate toothwort [var. nuttallii]; Oregon toothwort [Cardamine pulcherrima var. tenella, Dentaria macrocarpa] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | beautiful bitter-cress is applied to multiple Cardamine 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 | Coville, Nuttall are proper names, so upper case preferable; Covilles, Nuttalls, Nuttal, Nuttals, Nuttal's, Nuttals' are errors |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. covilleana (O. Schulz) Rollins; var. dissecta (O. Schulz) Rollins; var. gemmata (Greene) Rollins; var. nuttallii; Cardamine gemmata Greene; Dentaria macrocarpa Nutt.; Cardamine pulcherrima Greene var. tenella (Pursh) C.L. Hitchc.; Cardamine tenella (Pursh) O.E. Schulz var. dissecta O.E. Schulz, Dentaria gemmata (Greene) Howell; Dentaria tenella Pursh var. palmata Detling |
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