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 | Poa howellii |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | poa; blue-grass; blue grass; bluegrass; bleu-grass; bleu grass; bleugrass; rispengrass; rispengras |
| Species common name(s) | Howell's poa; Howell's blue-grass; Howell's blue grass; Howell's bluegrass; Howell poa; Howell blue-grass; Howell blue grass; Howell bluegrass; pale green spear-grass; pale green spear grass |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | meadow grass, meadow-grass, meadowgrass, bunch grass, bunch-grass, spear-grass, spear grass, speargrass. green spear-grass, green spear grass, green speargrass, bunchgrass, June-grass, June grass, Junegrass, june-grass, june grass, junegrass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa |
| | | Notes | Howell is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Howells is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Poa bolanderi Vasey var. howellii (Vasey & Scribn.) M.E. Jones |
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