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 | Plantago coronopus |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Plantaginaceae |
| Family common name(s) | plantain; plantains |
| Genus common name(s) | plantago; rib-grass; rib grass; ribgrass; rib-wort; rib wort; ribwort |
| Species common name(s) | cut-leaved plantago; cut leaved plantago; cut-leaved plantain; cut-leafed plantain; cut-leaf plantain; cut leaf plantain; cutleaf plantain; tooth-leaved plantain; split-leaf plantain; fern-leaved plantain; fern-leaf plantain; buck's-horn plantain; buck's horn plantain; bucks-horn plantain; bucks horn plantain; buckshorn plantain; crow-foot plantain; crowfoot plantain; crow's foot plantain |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | buckhorn plantain, buck-horn plantain, buck horn plantain, buck horn's plantain are applied to multiple Plantago taxa; plantain, lamb's-tongue, lamb's tongue, star-of-the-earth, star of the earth, Capuchin's beard are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian-wheat, Indian wheat, Indianwheat |
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