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 | Crataegus douglasii |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Rosaceae |
| Family common name(s) | rose; rosewort; roseworts |
| Genus common name(s) | crataegus; hawthorn; hawthorne; hawthorn tree; hawthorne tree; hawthorn bush; hawthorne bush; hagathorn; haga-thorn; hagthorn; hag thorn |
| Species common name(s) | Douglas's hawthorn; Douglas's hawthorne; Douglas's haw; Douglas's black hawthorn; Douglas's black hawthorne; Douglas's thorn-apple; Douglas's thornapple; Douglas's thorn apple; Douglas's thorntree; Douglas's thorn; Douglas' hawthorn; Douglas' hawthorne; Douglas' haw; Douglas' black hawthorn; Douglas' black hawthorne; Douglas' thorn-apple; Douglas' thornapple; Douglas' thorn apple; Douglas' thorntree; Douglas' thorn; Douglas hawthorn; Douglas hawthorne; Douglas haw; Douglas black hawthorn; Douglas black hawthorne; Douglas thorn-apple; Douglas thornapple; Douglas thorn apple; Douglas thorntree; Douglas thorn; western thorn apple; western thornapple; Oregon hawthorn; brook thorn |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | Columbia hawthorn [Crataegus columbiana]; Columbian hawthorn [Crataegus columbiana]; Columbia thorn-apple [Crataegus columbiana] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | black hawthorn, black hawthorne, river hawthorn, river hawthorne, red hawthorn, western hawthorn are applied to multiple Crataegus taxa; black haw, black-haw, blackhaw, western black haw, western blackhaw, purple haw, haw, thorn-apple, thornapple, thorn apple, thorn bush, thorn-bush, thorn tree are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Douglas is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Dougla's is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Crataegus columbiana Howell |
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