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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).





TaxonVerbena gooddingii
groupEudicots
FamilyVerbenaceae
Family common name(s)verbena; vervain; vervains
Genus common name(s)verbena; vervain; verveine; vervane; verbane; vervine; purvain; purvane
Species common name(s)Goodding's verbena; Goodding's vervain; Goodding's glandularia; Goodding's mock verbena; Goodding's mock vervain; Goodding verbena; Goodding vervain; Goodding glandularia; Goodding mock verbena; Goodding mock vervain; southwestern verbena; southwestern vervain; southwestern mock vervain; desert vervain; Mojave verbena
 
 
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxapink verbena is applied to multiple Verbena taxa; mock verbena, mock vervain are applied to Glandularia taxa; desert verbena is applied to taxa in multiple families
 
NotesGoodding is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Gooddings, Gooding, Gooding's, Goodings are errors
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcvar. nepetifolia Tidestr.; Glandularia gooddingii (Briq.) Solbrig
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