| Taxon | Limnanthes douglasii subsp. douglasii |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Limnanthaceae |
| Family common name(s) | meadowfoam; meadow-foam; meadow foam; false-mermaid; false mermaid |
| Genus common name(s) | limnanthes; meadowfoam; meadow-foam; meadow foam |
| Species common name(s) | Douglas's limnanthes; Douglas's meadowfoam; Douglas's meadow-foam; Douglas's meadow foam; Douglas' meadowfoam; Douglas' meadow-foam; Douglas' meadow foam; Douglas meadowfoam; Douglas meadow-foam; Douglas meadow foam; poached-egg meadowfoam; poached egg meadowfoam; poached egg meadow-foam; poached-egg meadow-foam; poached egg meadow foam; poached-egg plant; poached egg plant; foam-and-eggs flower; foam and eggs flower; common meadowfoam; common meadow-foam; common meadow foam |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | snow-white Douglas's meadowfoam, snow-white Douglas' meadowfoam, snow white Douglas' meadowfoam are applied to multiple subspp; poached egg flower, poached eggs, fried eggs, fried egg flower are applied to taxa in multiple families |
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| Notes | Douglas is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Dougla's is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. douglasii |
