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 pilosa |
| 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) | pilose wood-sorrel; pilose wood sorrel; pilose woodsorrel; hairy white wood sorrel; coastal native oxalis |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | hairy oxalis, hairy wood-sorrel, hairy wood sorrel, hairy woodsorrel, coastal oxalis, wild oxalis, white oxalis, white wood-sorrel, white wood sorrel, creeping wood-sorrel, creeping wood sorrel, creeping woodsorrel, common yellow wood-sorrel, common yellow wood sorrel, common yellow woodsorrel 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, rabbit clover, sheep's clover are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Oxalis albicans Kunth subsp. pilosa (Nutt.) Eiten; Oxalis corniculata L. subsp. pilosa (Nutt.) Lourteig; Oxalis corniculata L. var. wrightii (A. Gray) B.L. Turner |
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