Jepson Interchange: Manual Name Data Retrieval

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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	Helenium bolanderi
group	Eudicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family common name(s)	composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion
Genus common name(s)	helenium; Helen's flower; Helen's flowers; Helen flowers; American sneezewort; American sneeze-wort; American sneezeweed; American sneeze-weed
Species common name(s)	Bolander's sneezewort; Bolander's sneezeweed; Bolander sneezewort; Bolander sneezeweed; coastal sneezeweed; coast sneezeweed; coast sneeze-weed; coast sneeze weed


Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa	sneezeweed, sneeze-weed, sneeze weed, false sunflower, button daisy are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa

Notes	Bolander is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Bolanders is an error
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc	Dugaldia grandiflora Rydb.; Heleniastrum bolanderi (A. Gray) Kuntze; Helenium bigelovii var. festivum Jeps.