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 | Kickxia spuria |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Plantaginaceae |
| Family common name(s) | plantain; plantains |
| Genus common name(s) | kickxia; fluellin; fluelin; fluvellin; fluevellin |
| Species common name(s) | round-leaved kickxia; round-leaved fluellin; round leaved fluellin; round-leaved cancerwort; round-leaved toadflax; round leaved toadflax; round-leaf cancerwort; roundleaf cancerwort; blunt-leaved fluellen; blunt-leaf toadflax; bluntleaf toadflax; female-fluellin; female fluellin; female fluvellin |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | round-leaved toad-flax, round-leaf fluellin, roundleaf fluellin, round-leaf toadflax, hairy toadflax are applied to multiple Kickxia taxa; fluellen is applied to multiple Plantaginaceae taxa; toadflax, toad-flax, toad flax, cancerwort, cancer-wort, cancer wort, canker-root, canker root are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l. |
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