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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).
| Taxon | Cerastium arvense subsp. strictum |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Caryophyllaceae |
| Family common name(s) | pink; pinks; chickweed |
| Genus common name(s) | cerastium; mouse-eared chickweed; mouse eared chickweed; mouse-ear chickweed; mouse ear chickweed; mouse-ear-chickweed; mouseear chickweed; mouseear-chickweed |
| Species common name(s) | field mouse-eared chickweed; field mouse-ear chickweed; field mouse-ear-chickweed; field mouse ear chickweed; field mouseear chickweed; field chickweed; field mouse-ear; field mouseear; prairie mouse-ear chickweed; prairie chickweed; meadow mouse-ear chickweed; large-flowered meadow chickweed; barren chickweed; starry cerastium; starry grassweed; starry grasswort |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | common cerastium, perennial mouse-ear chickweed are applied to multiple Cerastium taxa; meadow chickweed, starry chickweed are applied to multiple Caryophyllaceae taxa; chickweed, chick-weed, chick weed, mouse-ears, mouse ears, oreja de raton, Mary's flower, pasture weed, spring snow, grassweed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
