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 | Rosa woodsii subsp. ultramontana |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Rosaceae |
| Family common name(s) | rose; rosewort; roseworts |
| Genus common name(s) | rose; wild rose; wildrose; true rose |
| Species common name(s) | Woods's rose; Woods's wild rose; Woods' rose; Woods' wild rose; Woods rose; Woods wild rose; western wild rose; western wood rose; pearhip rose |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | common wild rose, fragrant rose, prairie rose, pear-hip rose, pear hip rose, desert rose are applied to multiple Rosa taxa; wood rose, wood-rose, woodrose, mountain rose, western rose are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Woods is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Wood's, Wood are errors |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. ultramontana (S. Watson) Jeps. |
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