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 | Euphorbia fendleri |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Euphorbiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | euphorb; spurge; spurges |
| Genus common name(s) | euphorbia; spurge; wolf's-milk; wolf's milk; wolfs-milk; wolfs milk; wolfsmilk; wolf-milk; wolf milk; wolfmilk |
| Species common name(s) | Fendler's euphorbia; Fendler's euphorb; Fendler's spurge; Fendler's mat-spurge; Fendler's mat spurge; Fendler's broomspurge; Fendler's creeping spurge; Fendler's sandmat; Fendler's chamaesyce; Fendler euphorbia; Fendler spurge; Fendler mat-spurge; Fendler mat spurge; Fendler broomspurge; Fendler creeping spurge; Fendler sandmat; Fendler chamaesyce |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | mat-spurge, mat spurge are applied to multiple Euphorbiaceae taxa; sand-mat, sandmat, sand mat, carpet-weed, carpetweed, carpet weed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Fendler is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Fendlers is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Chamaesyce fendleri (Torr. & A. Gray) Small |
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