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 | Maianthemum racemosum |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Ruscaceae |
| Family common name(s) | lily-of-the-valley; lily of the valley |
| Genus common name(s) | false-lily-of-the-valley; false lily-of-the-valley; false lily of the valley; false Solomon's seal; false Solomon's-seal; false-Solomon's-seal; Solomon's plume; Solomon-plume; Solomon plume; Solomonplume; false spikenard; bead-ruby; bead ruby; beadruby; harewost |
| Species common name(s) | racemose smilacina; racemose false-Solomon's-seal; racemose false Solomon's-seal; racemose false Solomon's seal; racemose false Solomons seal; racemose Solomon's seal; branched false-Solomon's-seal; branched false Solomon's-seal; branched false Solomon's seal; branched Solomon's seal; branched Solomons seal; clustered Solomon's-seal; clustered Solomon's seal; clustered Solomon seal; lustered Solomons seal; spiked Solomon's seal; spiked solomon-seal; spiked Solomon seal; feathery Solomon-plume; feathery Solomon plume; feathery Solomonplume; feather Solomon-plume; feather Solomon plume; feather Solomonplume; feathery false-Solomon's-seal; feathery false Solomon's-seal; feathery false Solomon's seal; feathery false-lily-of-the-valley; feathery false lily-of-the-valley; feathery false lily of the valley; Solomon's-zigzag; Solomon's zigzag; large smilacina; large false-Solomon's-seall; large false Solomon's-seal; large false Solomon's seal; large Solomon's-seal; fat Solomon; treacleberry; treacle-berry; treacle berry |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | western false Solomon's-seal [var. amplexicaule]; western false Solomon's seal [var. amplexicaule]; western Solomon's seal [var. amplexicaule]; western Solomon-plume [var. amplexicaule]; clasping-leaved Solomon's-seal [var. amplexicaule] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | fat Solomon's-seal, fat Solomon seal, fat Solomon, zigzag Solomon's-seal, zigzag Solomon's seal are applied to multiple Maianthemum taxa; May-lily, May lily are applied to multiple Ruscaceae taxa; wild spikenard, lady's signet, our lady's signet, Our Lady's signet, lady's seal, our lady's seal, our Lady's seal, adder's-tongue, adder's tongue, adderstongue, adders tongue, adder tongue, Mayflower, May flower, mayflower, bead-lily, bead lily, beadlily, wild lily-of-the-valley, wild lily of the valley are applied to taxa in multiple families; Job's-tears, Job's tears are more commonly applied to Coix lacryma-jobi; golden seal is more commonly applied to Hydrastis canadensis |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Liliaceae s.l.; subsp. amplexicaule (Nutt.) LaFrankie; Smilacina racemosa (L.) Link |
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