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 werneriifolia |
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) | montane groundsel; alpine rock butterweed; rock butterweed |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | wooly butterweed is applied to multiple Packera taxa; hoary groundsel, mountain groundsel, rock groundsel, butterweed, butter-weed, butter weed, ragwort, rag-wort, groundsel, groundsell are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa |
Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-weed, squaw weed, squawweed |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Senecio werneriifolius A. Gray |
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