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 | Eschscholzia lobbii |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Papaveraceae |
| Family common name(s) | poppy; poppywort; poppyworts, amapola |
| Genus common name(s) | eschscholzia; eschscholzia-poppy; eschscholzia poppy; Eschscholtz's poppy; Eschscholtz poppy; California-poppy; California poppy; Californiapoppy; Californian-poppy; Californian poppy; gold-poppy; gold poppy; goldpoppy; cups-of-flame; cups of flame |
| Species common name(s) | Lobb's poppy; Lobb's golden-poppy; Lobb's goldenpoppy; Lobb poppy; Lobb golden-poppy; Lobb goldenpoppy; frying-pans; frying pans; fryingpans; frying-pan poppy; frying pan poppy; fryingpan poppy; rough-seeded eschscholzia; rough-seeded poppy; rough-seeded California-poppy; rough-seeded California poppy; rough seeded California poppy; rough-seeded frying pans |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | annual California-poppy, annual California poppy, annual gold-poppy are applied to multiple Eschscholzia taxa; tufted poppy is more commonly applied to Eschscholzia caespitosa; golden-poppy, golden poppy goldenpoppy are applied to multiple Papaveraceae taxa; cups-of-gold, cups of gold are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Lobb, California, Californian are proper names, so upper case preferable; Lobbs, Lobby, lobby, Californias are errors |
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