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 uncinatus |
| 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) | barbed buttercup; hook-seeded buttercup; hook seeded buttercup |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | Bongard's buttercup [Ranunculus bongardii] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | woodland buttercup, little buttercup, tiny buttercup, disappointing buttercup, hooked-fruit buttercup, hooked fruit buttercup, hooked buttercup, small-flowered buttercup, small flowered buttercup, smallflowered buttercup, small-flower buttercup, small flower buttercup, smallflower buttercup, hairy buttercup, hairy butter-cup are applied to multiple Ranunculaceae taxa; crowfoot, crow-foot, crow foot, crow's foot, crowsfoot, gowan, gowans, yellow gowan, yellow-gowan, yellow gowans, butter-flower, butter flower, butter-rose, butter rose, goldcup are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. parviflorus (Torr.) L.D. Benson; Ranunculus bongardii Greene |
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