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 | Tripterocalyx micranthus |
group | Eudicots |
Family | Nyctaginaceae |
Family common name(s) | four-o'clock; four o'clock; four-o-clock; four o'clocks; 4-o'clock; 4 o'clock |
Genus common name(s) | tripterocalyx |
Species common name(s) | small-flowered sand-verbena; small-flowered sand verbena; small-flowered sandpuffs; small-flower sand-verbena; small-flower sand verbena; small flower sand verbena; smallflower sand-verbena; smallflower sand verbena; smallflower sandverbena; small-flower sandpuffs |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | pink abronia, little sand-verbena, little sand verbena, sand-verbena, sand verbena, sandverbena, sand-puffs, sand puffs, sandpuffs are applied to multiple Nyctaginaceae taxa |
| | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Abronia micrantha Torr.; Abronia cycloptera A. Gray |
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