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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 tricornutum |
| 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) | three-horned bedstraw; three horned bedstraw; three-horn bedstraw; three horn bedstraw; threehorn bedstraw; three-pronged bedstraw; rough-fruited corn bedstraw; rough fruited corn bedstraw; rough-fruit corn bedstraw; rough fruit corn bedstraw; roughfruit corn bedstraw; rough corn bedstraw; corn bedstraw; corn cleavers; corn-cleavers; corn goosegrass |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | rough bedstraw is applied to multiple Galium taxa; beggar's-lice, beggar's lice, beggars lice, beggars-lice, beggar-lice, beggar lice, beggarlice, sticky-weed, sticky weed, sticky-weed, stickyweed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
