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 major |
| 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) | greater plantain; great plantain; grand plantain; large plantain; greater broad-leaved plantain; greater broad leaved plantain; greater broad-leaf plantain; great broadleaf plantain; common broad-leaved plantain; common broadleaf plantain; broad-leaved plantain; broad leaved plantain; broad-leafed plantain; broad leafed plantain; broad-leaf plantain; broad leaf plantain; broadleaf plantain; round-leaved plantain; round leaved plantain; round-leafed plantain; round-leaf plantain; round leaf plantain; roundleaf plantain; common Eurasian plantain; common dooryard plantain; dooryard plantain; door-yard plantain; way-side plantain; wayside plantain; cart-track plant; cart track plant; bird-seed plantain; nipple-seed plantain; ripple-seed plantain; ripple seed plantain; rippleseed plantain; cart-track plant; cart track plant; travellers foot; healing-blade; healing blade; wagbread; lamb's-foot; lamb's foot; wild sagot |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | English plantain, common English plantain, common plantain, introduced plantain, Eurasian plantain, Asiatic plantain, broad plantain, buckhorn plantain, buck-horn plantain, buck horn plantain, buck horn's plantain, saltmarsh plantain, salt-marsh plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, narrow leaved plantain, rat-tail plantain, rat tail plantain, rat's tail plantain, rib plantain, ribwort plantain, ripple-grass, way-bread, way bread, waybread, hen-plant, hen plant, henplant, kemp, ribble grass, ripplegrass are applied to multiple Plantago taxa; plantain, lamb's-tongue, lamb's tongue, white man's foot steps, white man's footsteps, white-man's foot, white man's foot, white-man's-foot, whiteman's foot, Englishman's foot, birdseed, bird-seed, bird seed, snakeweed, snake-weed, snake weed, woundweed, wound weed, soldier's herb, rat-tail, rat tail, rattail, rat's tail are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian-wheat, Indian wheat, Indianwheat |
| Notes | Englishman is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. pilgeri Domin; var. scopulorum Fries & S.P. Broberg |
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