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 | Fumaria officinalis |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Papaveraceae |
| Family common name(s) | poppy; poppywort; poppyworts, amapola |
| Genus common name(s) | fumitory; fumiterre; fumusterre; fumiterry; earth-smoke; earth smoke; earthsmoke; earth-smoke plant |
| Species common name(s) | common fumitory; common fumiterry; common earth-smoke; common earth smoke; common earthsmoke; drug fumitory; drug fumewort; hedge fumitory; fume-of-the-earth; wax-dolls; wax dolls; beggary; God's fingers and thumbs |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | rampant fumitory is applied to multiple Fumaria taxa; snapdragon is more commonly applied to Antirrhinum; carrot weed, carrot-weed, carrotweed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Fumariaceae |
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