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 | Ipomopsis aggregata subsp. aggregata |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Polemoniaceae |
| Family common name(s) | polemonium; polemone; polemon; phlox; gilia |
| Genus common name(s) | ipomopsis; skyrocket gilia; sky-rocket gilia; sky rocket gilia; trumpet gilia; fairy trumpet |
| Species common name(s) | scarlet ipomopsis; western scarlet gilia; western scarlet-gilia; scarlet-trumpet gilia; scarlet trumpet gilia; elegant scarlet trumpet gilia; scarlet fairy trumpet; scarlet desert trumpet; scarlet rocket gilia; scarlet skyrocket; scarlet sky-rocket; scarlet sky rocket; scarlet skyrocket gilia; painted ipomopsis; painted flower |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | Wherry's scarlet gilia [subsp. formosissima] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | scarlet gilia, scarlet-gilia, red ipomopsis, red gilia are applied to multiple Ipomopsis taxa; sky trumpet is applied to multiple Polemoniaceae taxa; firecracker flower, trumpet-flower, trumpet flower, scarlet trumpet-flower, scarlet trumpet flower, scarlet-trumpet, scarlet trumpet, desert trumpet, desert-trumpet, desert trumpets, desert-trumpets, deserttrumpets, skyrocket, sky-rocket, sky rocket, red rocket, skunk flower, skunk-flower, skunkflower, fox fire, fox-fire are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Wherry is proper name, so upper case preferable; Wherrey's is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. formosissima (Greene) Wherry, misapplied; Gilia aggregata (Pursh) Spreng. var. aggregata |
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