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 | Sidalcea neomexicana |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Malvaceae |
| Family common name(s) | mallow; mallows; cotton |
| Genus common name(s) | sidalcea; checker-mallow; checker mallow; checkermallow; checker-mallo; checker mallo; chequer-mallow; checker-bloom; checker bloom; checkerbloom; Greek mallow; miniature hollyhock |
| Species common name(s) | New Mexico sidalcea; New Mexico checker-mallow; New Mexico checker mallow; New Mexico checkermallow; New Mexico checkermallow; New Mexico checker-bloom; New Mexico checker bloom; New Mexico checkerbloom; New Mexico checker; New Mexico checkmallow; New Mexico prairie mallow; New Mexican checker-mallow; New Mexican checker mallow; New Mexican checkermallow; New Mexican checker-bloom; New Mexican checke rbloom; New Mexican checkerbloom; salt-spring checkermallow; salt spring checkermallow; salt-spring checker-bloom; salt spring checker bloom; salt-spring checkerbloom; salt spring checkerbloom; salt springs checkerbloom; Rocky Mountain sidalcea; Rocky Mountain checker-mallow; Rocky Mountain checker mallow; Rocky Mountain checkermallow; Rocky Mountain checker-bloom; Rocky Mountain checker bloom; mountain sidalcea; pink checkermallow; purple checkermallow |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | Thurber's checkermallow [subsp. thurberi]; Thurber's checkerbloom [subsp. thurberi] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | alkali checkerbloom, mountain sidalcea, mountain checker-mallow, mountain checker mallow, mountain checkermallow, mountain checker-bloom, mountain checker bloom, mountain checkerbloom are applied to multiple Sidalcea taxa; prairie-mallow, prairie mallow, prairiemallow, prairie checkermallow, prairie checker, false-mallow, false mallow, falsemallow, wild hollyhock, wild-hollyhock, wildhollyhock are applied to multiple Malvaceae taxa; globe-mallow, globe mallow, globemallow, globe-mallo, globe mallo, globemallo are more commonly applied to Sphaeralcea |
| | | Notes | New Mexico, Rocky Mountain, Thurber are proper names, so upper case preferable; Thurbers, Newmexican, Rockymountain, rockymountain are errors |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. thurberi (B.L. Rob.) C.L. Hitchc. |
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