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 | Lolium temulentum |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | lolium; darnel; darnell; darnel grass; darnel-grass; darnelgrass |
| Species common name(s) | poison darnel; poison-darnel; poison darnel-grass; poison darnel grass; poison darnelgrass; poison rye-grass; poison rye grass; poison ryegrass; poison ray-grass; poison ray grass; intoxicating darnel; intoxicating rye-grass; intoxicating rye grass; intoxicating ryegrass; stupefying darnel; bearded darnel; bearded darnell; bearded darnel-grass; bearded darnel grass; bearded rye-grass; bearded rye grass; bearded ryegrass; annual bearded rye-grass; bearded ray grass; drake seed darnel; darnel rye-grass; darnel rye grass; darnel ryegrass; darnell rye-grass; sturdy ryle; Virginian oat |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | flax darnel [subsp. remotum]; flax-darnel [subsp. remotum]; flaxfield rye-grass [subsp. remotum]; flaxfield rye grass [subsp. remotum] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | annual ryegrass, annual rye-grass, annual rye grass, annual rye, annual darnel, annual darnell grass, common darnel, awned rye-grass, awned rye grass, awned darnel, crested ryegrass are applied to multiple Lolium taxa; bastard wheat, fool's-wheat, fool's wheat, ryegrass, rye-grass, rye grass, ray-grass, ray grass, raygrass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; cheat is more commonly applied to Bromus; tares is applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. remotum (Schrank) Á. L√∂ve & D. L√∂ve; subsp. temulentum; Festuca temulenta (L.) Columbus & J.P. Sm. |
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