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 | Solanum carolinense |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Solanaceae |
| Family common name(s) | nightshade; night-shade; night shade; nightshades; potato |
| Genus common name(s) | solanum; nightshade; night-shade; night shade |
| Species common name(s) | Carolina nightshade; Carolina night-shade; Carolina horse-nettle; Carolina horse nettle; Carolina horsenettle; Carolina bull-nettle; Carolina bull nettle; Carolina bullnettle; ball nightshade; ball night-shade; ball-nettle; ball nettle; sand-briar; sand briar; sandbriar; sand-brier; sand brier; sandbrier; radical-weed; radical weed; thread-soft; threadsoft; threadsaf; tread-soft; tread soft; treadsoft; tread-softly; tread softly; treadfoot |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | wild tomato, devil's tomato, poisonous potato, apple-of-Sodom, apple of Sodom are applied to multiple Solanum taxa; buffalo-bur, buffalobur, buffalo bur, buffalo-burr, buffaloburr, buffalo burr, bull-nettle, bull nettle, bullnettle, horse-nettle, horse nettle, horsenettle, thorn-apple, thornapple, thorn apple, bittersweet, bitter-sweet, devil's potato are applied to taxa in multiple families; thistle is more commonly applied to Cirsium |
| | | Notes | Carolina is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. carolinense |
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