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 | Lathyrus sulphureus |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Family common name(s) | legume; legumes; leguminosae; pea; bean; clover; pulse; pulses |
| Genus common name(s) | lathyrus; sweet-pea; sweet pea; sweetpea; vetchling |
| Species common name(s) | sulpher pea; sulpher peavine; Brewer's pea; Brewer's peavine; snub pea; snub peavine; snub pea-vine; snub pea vine; snub vetchling |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | dubious pea [var. argillaceus] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | pea, wild-pea, wild pea, wild sweetpea, wild sweet-pea, wild sweet pea, everlasting pea, everlasting-pea, everlasting peavine, bitter vetch, peavine, pea-vine, pea vine are applied to multiple Fabaceae taxa |
| | | Notes | Brewer is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Brewers is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. argillaceus Jeps.; var. sulphureus |
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