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 | Nicotiana attenuata |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Solanaceae |
| Family common name(s) | nightshade; night-shade; night shade; nightshades; potato |
| Genus common name(s) | tobacco; tobacco plant; flowering tobacco; flowering-tobacco |
| Species common name(s) | attenuate tobacco; attenuate wild tobacco; attenuate coyote tobacco; wild coyote-tobacco; wild coyote tobacco; wild coyotetobacco |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | coyote-tobacco, coyote tobacco, coyotetobacco, tabaco del coyote, desert tobacco are applied to multiple Nicotiana taxa; wild tobacco, mountain tobacco are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian tobacco, Indian-tobacco, mountain Indian tobacco |
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