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 | Oxalis californica |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Oxalidaceae |
| Family common name(s) | oxalis; wood-sorrel; wood sorrel; woodsorrel; wood-sorrels |
| Genus common name(s) | oxalis; wood-sorrel; wood sorrel; woodsorrel; wood-sorrels |
| Species common name(s) | California oxalis; California wood-sorrel; California wood sorrel; California woodsorrel; Californian oxalis |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | wild oxalis, white oxalis, white wood-sorrel, white wood sorrel are applied to multiple Oxalis taxa; sorrel, shamrock, John-go-to-bed-at-noon, John go to bed at noon, sourgrass, sour-grass, sour grass, are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | California is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Oxalis albicans Kunth subsp. californica (Abrams) G. Eiten |
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