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 | Sagittaria longiloba |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Alismataceae |
| Family common name(s) | water-plantain; water plantain; waterplantain; arrowhead |
| Genus common name(s) | sagittaria; arrowhead; arrow-head; arrow head; tule-potato; tule potato; tulepotato; tule root; swamp-potato; swamp potato; duck-potato; duck potato; duckpotato; swan-potato; swan potato; wapato; wap-pa-to; wapatoo; wappato; wappatoo; whapto; wapto; flecha de agua |
| Species common name(s) | lance-lobed tule potato; Gregg's arrowhead; Gregg's arrow-head; Gregg arrow-head; Gregg arrowhead |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | long-barb arrowhead, longbarb arrowhead, long-lobed arrowhead, long lobed arrowhead, long-lobed arrow-head, long-lobe arrowhead, longlobe arrowhead, narrow-leaved arrow-head, narrow-leaf arrowhead, narrow leaf arrowhead are applied to multiple Sagittaria taxa |
| | | Notes | Gregg is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Greggs is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Sagittaria greggii J.G. Sm. |
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