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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).





TaxonTrillium chloropetalum
groupMonocots
FamilyMelanthiaceae
Family common name(s)false hellebore; bunchflower
Genus common name(s)trillium; wake-robin; wake robin; wakerobin; moose-flower; benjamins; Benjamins; mooseflower; moose-flowers; moose flowers; toadshade; toad-shade; toad shade; herb true love of Canada; herb true-love of Canada; true love of Canada; American herb Paris; birthroot; birth root; much-hunger; much hunger
Species common name(s)giant wake-robin; giant wake robin; giant wakerobin; western purple-eyed toadshade; western purple eyed toadshade; western purple toadshade; marsh trillium
 
Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in bracketsfragrant purple toadshade [var. giganteum]; black trillium [var. giganteum]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxagiant trillium, common trillium, red trillium, sessile trillium, sessile-flowered trillium, sessile-flowered wakerobin, sessile-flow'rd wakerobin are applied to multiple Trillium taxa; bath flower, bumblebee root are applied to taxa in multiple families
Common name(s), rejectednot recommended: Indian shamrock
 
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcLiliaceae s.l.; var. chloropetalum; var. giganteum (Hook. & Arn.) Munz
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