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 | Silene latifolia |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Caryophyllaceae |
| Family common name(s) | pink; pinks; chickweed |
| Genus common name(s) | silene |
| Species common name(s) | white campion; white champion; white cockle; white moss silene; white riding hood; campagnon blanc; wide-leaved bladder catchfly; evening lychnis; evening-blooming lychnis; evening lychnis; cowbell silene; cow-rattle; cow rattle; snake cuckoo; false red campion |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | white catchfly, white catch-fly, snowy campion, bladder catchfly, bladder campion, bladder-campion, maiden's-tears, maiden's tears, maidens-tears, maidens tears, maidenstears, evening campion, sticky cockle, bull-rattle; bull rattle, bullrattle, devil's-rattlebox, devil's rattlebox, devil's rattle-box, devil's rattle box, rattle-bags, rattle bags, spatling poppy, spattling poppy, spattling-poppy, spattling are applied to multiple Silene taxa; campion, wild pink, white-robin, white robin, catchfly, catch-fly, catch fly are applied to multiple Caryophyllaceae taxa; pink, ragged robin, ragged-robin, ragged Robin, ragged-Robin, milk-maids, milkmaids, milk maids, milk-maid, milkmaid, milk maid, cuckoo flower, cuckoo-flower, wild cuckoo-flower, white cuckoo-flower, white cuckoo flower, snake-flower, snake flower, snakeflower, thunder-flower, thunder flower, white bachelor's-buttons, white bachelor's buttons, Cupids-daisy, limewort, rattlebox, rattle-box, rattle box, bachelor's button, bachelor's-button, bachelor's buttons, bachelor's-buttons, bachelors-button, bachelors-buttons, bachelors buttons are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet |
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