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 | Claytonia sibirica |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Montiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | montia |
| Genus common name(s) | claytonia; spring-beauty; spring beauty; springbeauty; good-morning-spring; good-morning spring; good morning spring; goodmorningspring |
| Species common name(s) | Siberian claytonia; Siberian montia; Siberian candy-flower; Siberian candy flower; Siberian candyflower; Siberian spring-beauty; Siberian spring beauty; Siberian springbeauty; Siberian miner's-lettuce; Siberian miner's lettuce; Siberian minor's lettuce; Siberian miners-lettuce; Siberian miners lettuce; candy-striped claytonia; candy-stripe claytonia |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | western spring-beauty, western spring beauty, western springbeauty are applied to multiple Claytonia taxa; candy-flower, candy flower, candyflower are applied to multiple Montia s.l. taxa; pink purslane, miner's-lettuce, miner's lettuce, miners' lettuce, miners lettuce, minerslettuce, minor's lettuce, California lettuce, purslane are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw lettuce, squaw-lettuce, squawlettuce, squaw-cabbage, squaw cabbage; not recommended: Indian-lettuce, Indian lettuce, Indianlettuce |
| Notes | Siberian is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Portulacaceae |
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