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 | Dichelostemma ida-maia |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Themidaceae |
| Family common name(s) | brodiaea |
| Genus common name(s) | saitas; blue-dicks; blue dicks; bluedicks; blue-dicks; blue-dick; blue dick; bluedick; bluedicks brodiaea; blue-dicks brodiaea; blue dicks brodiaea; bluedicks brodiea; blue-dicks brodiea; blue dicks brodiea; blue dichs; blue dich; blue icks |
| Species common name(s) | firecracker brodiaea; fire cracker brodiaea; California firecracker; California firecracker-flower; California firecracker flower; California firecracker plant; scarlet California-hyacinth; scarlet California-hyacinth fire-cracker flower; California-hyacinth fire-cracker flower; Californian firecracker; Californian firecracker flower; scarlet firecracker flower; floral firecracker; Ida-May's brodiaea; Ida-May's snake-lily; Ida-May's snakelily; Ida-May's firecracker; Ida-May brodiaea; Ida-May snake-lily; Ida-May snakelily; Ida-May firecracker |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | California-hyacinth, California hyacinth, Californian hyacinth are applied to multiple Themidaceae taxa; firecracker-flower, firecracker flower, fire-cracker flower, fire cracker flower, wild hyacinth, wild-hyacinth,snake-lily. snake lily, snakelily, hog-onion, hog onion are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | California, Californian are proper names, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Liliaceae s.l.; Brodiaea ida-maia (Alph. Wood) Greene; Brevoortia ida-maia Alph. Wood; Brodiaea coccinea A. Gray |
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