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 | Stephanomeria parryi |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | stephanomeria; wire-lettuce; wire lettuce; wirelettuce; wreath-plant; wreath plant; wreathplant; milk-aster; milk aster; milkaster |
| Species common name(s) | Parry's stephanomeria; Parry's wire-lettuce; Parry's wirelettuce; Parry's wire lettuce; Parry's rock-pink; Parry's rock pink; Parry stephanomeria; Parry wire-lettuce; Parry wirelettuce; Parry wire lettuce; Parry rock-pink; Parry rock pink |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | desert wild-lettuce, desert wildlettuce, desert-straw, desert straw, desert straw flower are applied to multiple Stephanomeria taxa; skeleton-weed, skeletonweed, skeleton weed, stickweed, stick-weed, stick weed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Parry is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Parrys is an error |
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