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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 | Ranunculus muricatus |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Ranunculaceae |
| Family common name(s) | buttercup; butter-cup; crowfoot; crowfoots; larkspur; delphinium; ranunc |
| Genus common name(s) | buttercup; butter-cup; buttercups; goldcups; gold-cups; gilt-cups |
| Species common name(s) | spiny-fruited buttercup; spiny fruited buttercup; spiny-fruited crowfoot; spiny-fruit buttercup; spiny fruit buttercup; spiny-fruit butter-cup; spinyfruit buttercup; prickle-fruited buttercup; prickle fruited buttercup; prickle-fruit buttercup; pricklefruit buttercup; prickly-fruited buttercup; prickly fruited buttercup; prickly-fruited crowfoot; prickly-fruit buttercup; prickly fruit buttercup; prickle-seeded buttercup; prickle-seed buttercup; prickleseed buttercup; prickly-seeded buttercup; prickly seeded buttercup; prickly-seeded crowfoot; prickly-seed buttercup; prickly seed buttercup; rough-fruited buttercup; rough fruited buttercup; rough-fruit buttercup; rough fruit buttercup; rough-seeded buttercup; rough seeded buttercup; rough-seed buttercup; rough seed buttercup; roughseed buttercup; stick-seed buttercup; stickseed buttercup; Scilly buttercup |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | spiny buttercup, bur buttercup, bur-buttercup, burr buttercup, burr-buttercup, sharp buttercup, spring buttercup, beaked buttercup are applied to multiple Ranunculus taxa; king-cup, king cup, kingcup, king's-cup, king's cup are applied to multiple Ranunculaceae taxa; crowfoot, crow-foot, crow foot, crow's foot, crowsfoot, gowan, gowans, yellow yellow gowan, yellow-gowan, yellow gowans, butter-flower, butter flower, butter-rose, butter rose, goldcup are applied to taxa in multiple families |
