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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).





TaxonCalycadenia truncata
groupEudicots
FamilyAsteraceae
Family common name(s)composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion
Genus common name(s)calycadenia; western rosinweed
Species common name(s)truncate calycadenia; truncate rosinweed; truncate rosin-weed; truncate rosin weed; Oregon western rosinweed; Oregon western rosin-weed; Oregon rosin-weed; smooth tackweed; smooth tackweed
 
 
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxayellow rosinweed, rosin-weed, rosin weed, rosinweed, resin-weed, resin weed, resinweed, yellow rosinweed are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; tackweed, tack weed are applied to taxa in multiple families
 
NotesOregon is a proper name, so upper case preferable
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcsubsp. scabrella (Drew) D.D. Keck; subsp. truncata
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