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 | Polanisia dodecandra subsp. trachysperma |
group | Eudicots |
Family | Cleomaceae |
Family common name(s) | cleome; spiderflower |
Genus common name(s) | polanisia; clammy-weed; clammy weed; clammyweed; cristatella |
Species common name(s) | common clammy-weed; common clammy weed; common clammyweed; red-whisker clammy-weed; red-whisker clammyweed; redwhisker clammyweed; rough-seed clammy-weed; rough-seed clammyweed; roughseed clammyweed; stinking clammy-weed; stinking clammyweed |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | false mustard, false-mustard, stink-weed, stink weed, stinkweed, wormweed, worm-weed, worm weed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Capparaceae; Polanisia trachysperma Torr. & A. Gray |
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