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 | Geranium potentilloides |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Geraniaceae |
| Family common name(s) | geranium; geraniums; crane's-bill; crane's bill |
| Genus common name(s) | geranium; crane's-bill; crane's bill; cranesbill; cranes-bill; cranes bill; cranebill; crane-bil |
| Species common name(s) | cinquefoil geranium; cinquefoil crane's-bill; cinque-foil crane's-bill; cinquefoil cranesbill; white-petalled trailing geranium; soft, variable cranesbill; soft variable cranesbill; downy geranium |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | soft cranesbill, mountain geranium, mountain cranesbill, New Zealand geranium, native geranium are applied to multiple Geranium taxa; wild geranium, wild-geranium are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Geranium microphyllum Hook. f. |
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