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 | Stipa webberi |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | stipa; stipa grass; steppe-grass; steppe grass; steppegrass |
| Species common name(s) | Webber's needle-grass; Webber's needle grass; Webber's needlegrass; Webber's rice-grass; Webber's rice grass; Webber's ricegrass; Webber needle-grass; Webber needle grass; Webber needlegrass; Webber rice-grass; Webber rice grass; Webber ricegrass |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | needlegrass, needle-grass, needle grass, rice grass, rice-grass, ricegrass, false rice grass, false rice-grass, false ricegrass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; puna grass, puna-grass, punagrass, woolgrass, woolly grass, wooly grass, woollygrass, woolygrass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian ricegrass, Indian rice grass, Indian rice-grass |
| Notes | Webber is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Webbers is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Achnatherum webberi (Thurb.) Barkworth; Oryzopsis webberi (Thurb.) Benth. ex Vasey |
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