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 (paintere@west.net).
| Taxon | Montia fontana |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Montiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | montia |
| Genus common name(s) | montia; candy-flower; candy flower; candyflower |
| Species common name(s) | water-blinks; water blinks; waterblinks; blinks water chickweed; blinkswater chickweed; blinks chickweed; blinks; blinking chickweed; blinking chick-weed; blinking chick weed; fountain miner's-lettuce; fountain miner's lettuce; fountain candy-flower; annual water miner's-lettuce; annual water miner's lettuce; annual water miners-lettuce; annual water miners lettuce; annual water minerslettuce; winter montia |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | dwarf montia, water montia, water montia are applied to multiple Montia taxa; miner's-lettuce, miner's lettuce, miners' lettuce, miners lettuce, minerslettuce, minor's lettuce, water-chickweed, water chickweed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: water Indian-lettuce, water Indian lettuce, water Indianlettuce, Indian-lettuce, Indian lettuce, Indianlettuce |
| | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Portulacaceae; subsp. amporitana Sennen; subsp. chondrosperma (Fenzl) Walters; subsp. variabilis Walters; Montia funstonii Rydb. |
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