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 | Lomatium foeniculaceum subsp. fimbriatum |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Apiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | umbel; umbelwort; umbelworts; carrot; parsley; biscuitroot |
| Genus common name(s) | lomatium; desert-parsley; desert parsley; desertparsley; biscuit-root; biscuit root; biscuitroot; love seed |
| Species common name(s) | fennel-leaved lomatium; fennel-leaved desert-parsley; fennel-leaved desert parsley; fennel-leafed desert-parsley; fennel-leafed desert parsley; fennel-leaf desert-parsley; fennel-leaf desert parsley; desert biscuitroot; desert biscuit-root; desert biscuit root; hairyseed lomatium; yellow wild-parsley; yellow wild parsley; whiskbroom parsley |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | carrot-leaf lomatium, carrotleaf lomatium, carrot-leaf biscuit-root, carrotleaf biscuitroot, carrot-leaf desert-parsley, carrot-leaf parsley, carrot-leaved parsley are applied to multiple Lomatium taxa; wild carrot, wild-carrot, wild parsley are applied to multiple Apiaceae taxa; hog fennel, hog-fennel, hog's fennel, hog's-fennel are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian-root, Indianroot, Indian root, Indian biscuit-root, Indian biscuit root |
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