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 | Pseudognaphalium canescens |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | false-cudweed; false cudweed; falsecud weed |
| Species common name(s) | Wright's rabbit-tobacco; Wright's cudweed; Wright rabbit-tobacco; Wright cudweed; canescent cudweed; felt-leaved everlasting; felt-leaf everlasting; feltleaf everlasting; felt leaf everlasting |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | cudweed, cud-weed, everlasting, rabbit tobacco, rabbit-tobacco, perennial cudweed are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; small-headed cudweed, small-head cudweed, smallhead cudweed are more appropriately applied to Pseudognaphalium microcephalum; everlasting cudweed, fragrant everlasting, white cudweed, white everlasting, slender cudweed are applied to multiple Pseudognaphalium taxa |
| | | Notes | Wright is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Wrights is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Gnaphalium canescens DC. subsp. canescens; Gnaphalium wrightii A. Gray |
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