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 macrantha |
| 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) | large-flowered sand-dune blue-grass; large-flowered sand-dune blue grass; large flowered sand dune blue grass; large-flowered sand-dune bluegrass; large flowered sand dune bluegrass; large-flowered seashore blue-grass; large-flowered seashore blue grass |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | seashore bluegrass, seashore blue grass, dune bluegrass, sand-dune bluegrass, sand dune blue grass are applied to multiple Poa taxa; meadow grass, meadow-grass, meadowgrass, bunch grass, bunch-grass, bunchgrass, spear-grass, speargrass, spear grass, June-grass, June grass, Junegrass, june-grass, june grass, junegrass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Poa douglasii Nees subsp. macrantha (Vasey) D.D. Keck |
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