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 | Erodium moschatum |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Geraniaceae |
| Family common name(s) | geranium; geraniums; crane's-bill; crane's bill |
| Genus common name(s) | filaree; fileree; filerie; filarel; filaria; alfilaree; alfilaria; alfileria; alfiliria; alfilerilla; alfillarilla; alfilarilla; alfillaria; alfilleria; storkbill filaree; stork's-bill; stork's bill; storks' bill; storksbill; storkbill; heron's-bill; heron's bill; herons-bill; heron-bill; heron bill; heronbill; pin-clover; pin clover; pinclover |
| Species common name(s) | musk filaree; musky afilerilla; musk stork's-bill; musk stork's bill; musk storks-bill; musk storks bill; musk storksbill; musk-storksbill; musk heron's-bill; musk heron's bill; musk herons-bill; musk herons bill; musk-clover; musk clover; musky filaree; musky filaria; musky stork's-bill; musky stork's bill; musky storks-bill; musky storks bill; musky storksbill; musky heron's-bill; musky herons-bill; musky heron-bill; musky heronsbill; musky crowfoot; green-stemmed filaree; green-stemmed filarel; green-stem filaree; green stem filaree; white-stem filaree; white stem filaree; whitestem filaree; white-stem storksbill; white-stem heron's-bill; white-leaf filaree; ground-needle; ground needle |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | white-stemmed filaree, white stemmed filaree, common filaree, common stork's-bill, common stork's bill, common storksbill are applied to multiple Erodium taxa; cranesbill, crane's-bill, crane's bill, cranebill are more commonly applied to Geranium; pin-weed, pin weed, pinweed, pin-grass, pin grass, pingrass, muskflower, musk-plant, musk plant, muskplant, crowfoot, crow-foot, crow foot, crow's foot, crowsfoot, clocks are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. moschatum |
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