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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).





TaxonEschscholzia minutiflora
groupEudicots
FamilyPapaveraceae
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)small-flowered eschscholzia; small-flowered California-poppy; small-flowered California poppy; small-flowered poppy; small-flower eschscholzia; small-flower California-poppy; small-flower California poppy; small-flower golden-poppy; smallflower goldenpoppy; tiny-flowered poppy; minute-flowered eschscholzia; minute poppy; minute California poppy; pygmy golden-poppy; pygmy golden poppy; pygmy goldenpoppy; pygmy gold-poppy; pygmy gold poppy; little golden-poppy; little golden poppy; little gold-poppy; little gold poppy; little goldpoppy
 
Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in bracketsCoville's poppy [subsp. covillei]; Coville's golden-poppy [subsp. covillei]; Coville gold-poppy [subsp. covillei]; Coville's pygmy poppy [subsp. covillei]; Coville's goldenpoppy [subsp. covillei]; Red Rock poppy [subsp. twisselmannii]; Twisselmann's poppy [subsp. twisselmannii]; Twisselmann's golden-poppy [subsp. twisselmannii]; Twisselmann's goldenpoppy [subsp. twisselmannii]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxaannual California-poppy, annual California poppy, annual gold-poppy are applied to multiple Eschscholzia taxa; pygmy poppy, pygmy-poppy, golden-poppy, golden poppy, goldenpoppy, desert-poppy, desert poppy are applied to multiple Papaveraceae taxa; cups-of-gold, cups of gold are applied to taxa in multiple families
 
NotesCoville, Twisselmann, California, Californian are proper names, so upper case preferable; Covilles, Twisselmanns, Californias are errors
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcsubsp. covillei (Greene) C. Clark; subsp. minutiflora; subsp. twisselmannii C. Clark & M. Faull
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