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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	Grindelia camporum
group	Eudicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family common name(s)	composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion
Genus common name(s)	grindelia; gumplant; gum-plant; gum plant
Species common name(s)	Great Valley grindelia; Great Valley gumplant; Great Valley gumweed; great valley grindelia; great valley gumplant; great valley gumweed; big gumplant; big gum-plant; giant gumplant; giant gum-plant; giant gum plant; robust gumplant; robust gum-plant; hardy grindelia; California gum-plant; California gum plant; California gumweed; common gumplant; common gum-plant; field gumweed

Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets	bracted gumplant [var. bracteosa]; bract gumweed [var. bracteosa]; Davy's hirsute gumplant [Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi]; Davy's gumplant [Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi]; Davy's gumweed [Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi]; Davy hirsute gumplant [Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi]; Davy gumplant [Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi]; Davy gumweed [Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi]; Burtt Davy's hirsute gumplant [Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi]; Burtt Davy's gumplant [Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi]; Burtt Davy's gumweed [Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi]; Burtt Davy hirsute gumplant [Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi]; Burtt Davy gumplant [Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi]; Burtt Davy gumweed [Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi]; foothill gumplant [Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi]; stick grindelia [Grindelia hirsutula var. davyi]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa	San Diego gumplant, San Diego gum plant are more commonly applied to Grindelia hallii; common gumweed, scaly grindelia, big grindelia are applied to multiple Grindelia taxa; August flower, August-flower, tarweed, tar-weed, tar weed, gum plant are applied to taxa in multiple families; resin-weed, resin weed, resinweed, gumweed; gum-weed, gum weed are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa


Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc	var. bracteosa (J.T. Howell) M.A. Lane; var. camporum; Grindelia hirsutula Hook. & Arn. var. davyi (Jeps.) M.A. Lane