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 | Linaria vulgaris |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Plantaginaceae |
| Family common name(s) | plantain; plantains |
| Genus common name(s) | linaria |
| Species common name(s) | butter-and-eggs linaria; butter and eggs linaria; butter-and-eggs toadflax; butter and eggs toadflax; butter-and-eggs toad-flax; butter-and-eggs toad flax; butter and eggs toad flax; butter n' eggs toadflax; butter-&-eggs toadflax; greater butter-and-eggs; greater butter and eggs; greater butter 'n' eggs; greater butter & eggs; eggs and collops; chopped-eggs; bread-and-butter linaria; bread and butter linaria; bread-and-butter toadflax; bread and butter toadflax; butter haycocks; buttered haycocks; bunny haycocks; yellow linaria; yellow toadflax; yellow toad-flax; yellow toad flax; toad-flax snap-dragon; brideweed; bride-weed; continental weed; dead-men's-bones; dead men's bones; devil's-flax; devil's flax; dragon bushes; imprudent lawyer; impudent lawyer; gallwort; gall-wort; gall wort; ramstead; ramsted; ranstead; ransted; yellow-rod; yellow rod |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | common toadflax, common toad-flax, common toad flax are applied to multiple Linaria taxa; wild snapdragon, rabbit's-flower, rabbit's flower, rabbit-flower, rabbit flower, calf's-snout, calf's snout, calf-snout, calf snout, bunny mouths, fluellen, wild snapdragon are applied to multiple Plantaginaceae taxa; snapdragon, snap-dragon, snap dragon are more commonly applied to Antirrhinum; toadflax, toad-flax, toad flax, butter and eggs, butter-and-eggs, butter and eggs, butter 'n' eggs, butter & eggs, butter&eggs, yellow butter-and-eggs, yellow butter and eggs, eggs-and-bacon, eggs and bacon, bacon-and-eggs, bacon and eggs, false flax, false-flax, falseflax, flaxweed, flax-weed, flax weed, Mary's flax, yellow flax, wild flax, gallweed, gall-weed, gall weed, devil's-flower, devil's flower, cancerwort, cancer-wort, cancer wort, bridewort, bride-wort, rabbit-ears, rabbit ears, weasel-snout, weasel snout, weasel's-snout, weasel's snout, lion's-mouth, lion's mouth, lion mouth, wild tobacco, mother-of-millions, mother of millions, pedlar's basket, Jacob's-ladder, Jacob's ladder, Jacobsladder, Jacobs ladder, wax candles, bread-and-butter, bread and butter, gueule-de-lion are applied to taxa in multiple families; lady's-slippers, ladies' slippers are more commonly applied to Cypripedium; monkey-flower, monkey flower, monkeyflower are more commonly applied to Mimulus |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian hemp |
| | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l. |
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