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 | Madia elegans |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | madia |
| Species common name(s) | elegant madia; elegant tarplant; elegant tarweed; showy tarplant; showy tarweed; common madia; bright yellow tarweed |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | leafy common madia [subsp. densifolia]; autumn showy tarweed [subsp. densifolia]; spring madia [subsp. vernalis]; springtime madia [subsp. vernalis]; spring common madia [subsp. vernalis]; Wheeler's tarweed [subsp. wheeleri]; Wheeler's common madia [subsp. wheeleri] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | showy madia, showy tarplant, showy tarweed are applied to multiple Madia taxa; common tarplant, common tar-plant, common tar plant, common tarweed, common tar-weed, common tar weed, California dwarf-sunflower are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; tarplant, tar-plant, tar plant, tarweed, tar-weed, tar weed, yellow tarweed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Wheeler is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Wheelers is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. densifolia (Greene) D.D. Keck; subsp. vernalis D.D. Keck; subsp. wheeleri (A. Gray) D.D. Keck |
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