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 | Corallorhiza mertensiana |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Family common name(s) | orchid; orchids; orchis |
| Genus common name(s) | corallorhiza; coral-root; coral root; coralroot; coral-root orchid; coral root orchid; coralroot orchid; crawley-root; crawley root; crawleyroot; crawley; Crawley-root; Crawley |
| Species common name(s) | Mertens's coral-root; Mertens's coral root; Mertens's coralroot; Mertens' coral-root; Mertens' coral root; Mertens' coralroot; Mertens coralroot; Mertens coral-root; Mertens coral root; Mertens coralroot; western coral-root; western coral root; western coralroot; Pacific coral-root; Pacific coral root; Pacific coralroot; Pacific coral-root orchid; Pacific coralroot orchid; purple coral root |
| | | | | | | | | Notes | Mertens, Pacific are proper names, so upper case preferable; Merten's, Merten are errors |
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