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 | Montia parvifolia |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Montiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | montia |
| Genus common name(s) | montia; candy-flower; candy flower; candyflower |
| Species common name(s) | little-leaved montia; little-leafed montia; little-leaf montia; little leaf montia; littleleaf montia; little-leaf candy-flower; little-leaf miner's-lettuce; little-leaf miner's lettuce; littleleaf miner's-lettuce; littleleaf miner's lettuce; little-leaf miners-lettuce; little leaf miners lettuce; littleleaf miners lettuce; little-leaf minerslettuce; littleleaf minerslettuce; little-leaf spring-beauty; little-leaf springbeauty; littleleaf springbeauty; littleleaf streambeauty; small-leaved blinks; small-leafed montia; showy rock-montia; showy rock montia; redwood forest rock montia |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | dwarf miner's-lettuce, dwarf miner's lettuce applied to multiple Montia taxa; streambank spring-beauty, streambank spring beauty, streambank springbeauty are more commonly applied to Claytonia parviflora; small-leaved montia, small-leaved montia, small-leaved miner's lettuce, rock montia, rock-montia are applied to multiple Montiaceae taxa; miner's-lettuce, miner's lettuce, miners' lettuce, miners lettuce, minerslettuce, minor's lettuce are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian-lettuce, Indian lettuce, Indianlettuce |
| | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Portulacaceae |
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