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 | Krascheninnikovia lanata |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Chenopodiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | chenopod; chenopode; goosefoot; pigweed; pigweeds |
| Genus common name(s) | winter-fat; winter fat; winterfat |
| Species common name(s) | common winter-fat; common winter fat; common winterfat; American winter-fat; American winter fat; American winterfat; American eurotia; American ceratoides; feather-sage; feather sage; feathersage |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | white sage, white-sage, whitesage, sweet-sage, sweet sage, sweetsage, winter-sage, winter sage, wintersage, lamb's tail, lambstail are applied to taxa in multiple families; roemeria is more commonly applied to the genus Roemeria |
| | | Notes | American is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Amaranthaceae; Ceratoides lanata (Pursh) J.T. Howell; Eurotia lanata (Pursh) Moq.; Diotis lanata Pursh |
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