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 | Galium bifolium |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Rubiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | madder; coffee |
| Genus common name(s) | galium; gallio; gallion; gaillet; bedstraw; bed-straw; bed straw; cleavers; cleaver; cleaverwort; cleaver-wort; cleaver wort; cleavewort; clivers |
| Species common name(s) | low mountain bedstraw; low mtn bedstraw; low mt bedstraw two-leaved bedstraw; two-leaf bedstraw; twoleaf bedstraw; twin-leaved bedstraw; twin-leaf bedstraw; twin leaf bedstraw; twinleaf bedstraw; thin-leaved bedstraw; thin leaved bedstraw; thin-leaf bedstraw; thin leaf bedstraw |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | beggar's-lice, beggar's lice, beggars lice, beggars-lice, beggar-lice, beggar lice, beggarlice are applied to taxa in multiple families |
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