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 | Senecio triangularis |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | senecio |
| Species common name(s) | triangle-leaved ragweed; triangle-leaved butterweed; triangle-leaf groundsel; triangle-leaf ragwort; arrowhead-leaved groundsel; arrow-leaved groundsel; arrow-leaved ragwort; arrow-leafed senecio; arrow-leafed groundsel; arrow-leaf senecio; arrowleaf senecio; arrow leaf senecio; arrow-leaf groundsel; arrowleaf groundsel; arrow leaf groundsel; arrow-leaf butterweed; arrowleaf butterweed; arrow-leaf ragwort; arrowleaf ragwort; arrow leaf ragwort; arrowhead senecio; arrowhead groundsel; arrowhead butterweed; arrow butterweed; brook ragwort; bog groundsel |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | butterweed, butter-weed, butter weed, ragwort, rag-wort, groundsel, groundsell, California dwarf-sunflower are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; fireweed, fire-weed, fire weed, sky-flower, sky flower are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-weed, squaw weed, squawweed; not recommended: Indian plantain |
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