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 | Packera cana |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | packera |
| Species common name(s) | woolly groundsel; wooly groundsel; woolly butterweed; silver-woolly groundsel; silvery groundsel; silvery ragwort; gray ragwort; gray groundsel; Pursh's groundsel; Pursh groundsel |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | woolly ragwort, wooly butterweed are applied to multiple Packera taxa; butterweed, butter-weed, butter weed, ragwort, rag-wort, groundsel, groundsell, California dwarf-sunflower are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-weed, squaw weed, squawweed |
| Notes | Pursh is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Purshs is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Senecio canus Hook. |
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