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 boreale |
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) | boreal galium; boreal gaillet; gaillet boreal; gaillet-boreal |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | boreal bedstraw, northern bedstraw, smooth bedstraw are applied to multiple Galium taxa; meadow bedstraw is applied to multiple Rubiaceae taxa; wild baby's breath, baby's-breath, baby's breath are applied to taxa in multiple families, beggar's-lice, beggar's lice, beggars lice, beggars-lice, beggar-lice, beggar lice, beggarlice are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. septentrionale (Roem. & Schult.) H. Hara |
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