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 | Viburnum opulus |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Adoxaceae |
| Family common name(s) | muskroot; musk-root; musk root; moschatels; adoxas |
| Genus common name(s) | viburnum; cranberry-tree; cranberry tree; cranberrybush; cranberry bush; wayfaring tree; way-faring tree |
| Species common name(s) | guelder-rose; guelder rose; guelderrose; gueldres-rose; gueldres rose; Whitsun rose; Whitsun bosses; European cranberry-bush viburnum; European cranberry bush viburnum; European cranberrybush viburnum; European cranberry-bush; European cranberry bush; European cranberrybush; European highbush-cranberry; European highbush cranberry; European snowball viburnum; common snowball viburnum; European snowball bush; rose-elder; rose elder; water elder; dog rowan-tree; dog rowan tree; gaitre-berries; gaitre berries; gaiter-berries; gaiter berries; gaiter-tree; gaiter tree |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | snowball viburnum, stagbush, whitten-tree, whitten tree, witch-hobble, witch hobble are applied to multiple Viburnum taxa; highbush cranberry, highbush-cranberry, high-bush cranberry, high bush cranberry, cramp-bark, cramp bark, crampbark, arrow-wood, arrow wood, arrowwood, black haw, black-haw, blackhaw, snowball bush, snowball tree, May rose, love-rose, love rose, king's crown, king's-crown, silver-bells, silver bellsm gadrise, gatten are applied to taxa in multiple families; red elder is more commonly applied to Sambucus racemosa; sloe is more commonly applied to Prunus spinosa; marsh-elder, marsh elder, marshelder are more commonly applied to Iva |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw bush, squaw-bush, squawbush |
| | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Caprifoliaceae |
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