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 | Senecio minimus |
group | Eudicots |
Family | Asteraceae |
Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
Genus common name(s) | senecio |
Species common name(s) | little erechtites; coastal burnweed; toothed Australian fireweed; toothed coast burnweed; toothed coast burn-weed; toothed coast fireweed; toothcoast burn |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | Australian burnweed, Australian fireweed is applied to multiple Senecio taxa; butterweed, butter-weed, butter weed are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; coast fireweed, coastal fireweed, fireweed, fire-weed, fire weed, pilewort, pile-wort, pile wort are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Erechtites minimus (Poir.) DC.; Erechtites prenanthoides (A. Rich.) DC., misapplied |
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