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 | Claytonia perfoliata subsp. perfoliata |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Montiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | montia |
| Genus common name(s) | claytonia; spring-beauty; spring beauty; springbeauty; good-morning-spring; good-morning spring; good morning spring; goodmorningspring |
| Species common name(s) | perfoliate claytonia; perfoliate miner’s-lettuce; perfoliate miner's lettuce; perfoliate miners-lettuce; perfoliate miners lettuce; perfoliate minerslettuce; clasp-leaf miner's-lettuce; clasp-leaf miner’s lettuce; claspleaf miner’s lettuce; rounded-leaved miner's lettuce; rounded leaved miner's lettuce; common miner's-lettuce; common miner's lettuce; common miners-lettuce; common miners lettuce; true miner's-lettuce; true miner's lettuce; naiad spring-beauty; naiad spring beauty; winter miner's-lettuce; winter miner's lettuce; winter miners-lettuce; winter miners lettuce; winter-purslane; winter purslane; winterpurslane; winter-portulak; Spanish lettuce; Portuguese lettuce |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | Cuban-spinach, Cuban spinach, wild purslane, miner's-lettuce, miner's lettuce, miners' lettuce, miners lettuce, minerslettuce, minor's lettuce, winter-lettuce, winter lettuce, Spanish lettuce, purslane, petota are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw lettuce, squaw-lettuce, squaw-cabbage, squaw cabbage; not recommended: Indian-potato, Indian potato, Indian-lettuce, Indian lettuce, Indianlettuce |
| Notes | Cuban, Spanish are proper names, so upper case preferable; Minor's Lettice appears to be an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Portulacaceae |
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