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 | Hesperoyucca whipplei |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Agavaceae |
| Family common name(s) | agave; century plant; century-plant; centuryplant |
| Genus common name(s) | hesperoyucca; western-yucca; western yucca; Quixote plant; quixote plant |
| Species common name(s) | Whipple's hesperoyucca; Whipple's yucca; Whipple hesperoyucca; Whipple yucca; chaparral hesperoyucca; chaparral yucca; chaparral candle; chaparral candle yucca; foothill hesperoyucca; foothill yucca; Quixote hesperoyucca; Quijote yucca; Quixote yucca; Quijote plant; Quixote plant; quixote plant; mission-bell Quixote plant; mission-bell yucca; mission bell yucca; Our Lord's candle yucca; Our Lord's candle; Our-Lord's-candle; our lord's candle; Lord's candle; lord’s candle; izote de hoz |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | Spanish bayonet, Spanish-bayonet, desert candle yucca, candle yucca are applied to Yucca s.l.; common yucca are applied to multiple Yucca s.l. taxa; dagger flower, dagger-flower, daggerweed, dagger-weed, dagger weed, izote, mission bell are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Whipple is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Whipples, lords are errors |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Liliaceae s.l.; Yucca whipplei Torr., including subsp. cespitosa (M.E. Jones) A.L. Haines, subsp. intermedia A.L. Haines, subsp. parishii (M.E. Jones) A.L. Haines, subsp. percursa A.L. Haines; Yucca californica Groenl. |
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