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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 | Hypericum calycinum |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Hypericaceae |
| Family common name(s) | Saint John's wort; St John's wort; St John's-wort; St Johnswort; St John's-worts |
| Genus common name(s) | hypericum; Saint John's wort; Saint-John's-wort; Saint Johns wort; St John's-wort; St John's wort; St Johns wort; St Johnswort; herb of St John; yerba-de-San-Juan; yerba de San Juan; herbe St Jean; St John's grass; Johanniskraut; John's-wort; John's wort; Johnswort; herb John |
| Species common name(s) | Aaron's-beard St Johnswort; Aaron's beard St Johnswort; Aarons-beard St Johnswort; Aaronsbeard St Johnswort; Aaron's-beard St John's-wort; Aaron's beard St John's wort; large-flowered St John's wort; large flowered St John's wort; large-flowered St Johns wort |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | creeping St Johnswort, creeping St John's-wort, creeping St John's wort are applied to multiple Hypericum taxa; St John's plant, St John's herb, Aaron's-beard, Aaron's beard, Aaronsbeard, rose of Sharon, rose-of-Sharon, orange-grass, orange grass, orangegrass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
