Jepson Interchange: Manual Name Data Retrieval

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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	Silene scouleri subsp. scouleri
group	Eudicots
Family	Caryophyllaceae
Family common name(s)	pink; pinks; chickweed
Genus common name(s)	silene
Species common name(s)	Scouler's silene; Scouler's catchfly; Scouler's campion; Scouler silene; Scouler catchfly; Scouler campion; simple catchfly; simple campion

Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets	coast campion [subsp. grandis]; coastal catchfly [subsp. grandis]; Pacific campion [subsp. grandis; var. pacifica]; coastal Scouler's catchfly [subsp. grandis]; Scouler's large campion [subsp. grandis]; Scouler's large-flowered campion [subsp. grandis]; coastal Scouler catchfly [subsp. grandis]; Scouler large campion [subsp. grandis]; Scouler large-flowered campion [subsp. grandis]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa	campion, wild pink, catchfly, catch-fly, catch fly are applied to multiple Caryophyllaceae taxa; pink, Cupids-daisy, limewort are applied taxa in multiple families

Notes	Scouler, Pacific are proper names, so upper case preferable; Scoulers is an error
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc	subsp. grandis (Eastw.) C.L. Hitchc. & Maguire; Silene grandis Eastw.