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 | Urtica dioica subsp. holosericea |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Urticaceae |
| Family common name(s) | nettle |
| Genus common name(s) | urtica; stingy nettle; stinging-nettel; stinging nettel |
| Species common name(s) | common perennial stinging-nettle; common perennial stinging nettle; common perennial nettle; perennial nettle; common widespread stinging nettle; widespread stinging nettle; great stinging-nettle; great stinging nettle; great nettle; greater nettle; big-sting nettle; big sting nettle; bigsting nettle; tenging nettle; tanging nettle; tinging; slender nettle; tall nettle; creek nettle; seven-minute itch; seven minute itch; hoky-poky; hoky poky; hidgy-pidgy; heg-beg; scaddie |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | Brewer's nettle [Urtica breweri] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | coast nettle, California nettle are applied to both subsp. gracilis and subsp. holosericea; mountain nettle, common stinging-nettle; common stinging nettle, common stingingnettle, common nettle, tanging nettle, sting-leaf, sting leaf, devil's-leaf, devil's leaf, devils leaf are applied to multiple Urtica taxa; western stinging nettle, western stinging-nettle, western stingingnettle are applied to multiple Urticaceae taxa; stinging nettle, stinging-nettle, stingingnettle, bull nettle, bull-nettle, bullnettle, bad man's plaything, bad man's playthings, naughty-man's-plaything, naughty man's plaything, devil's apron, devils apron, itch-weed, itch weed, hokey-pokey, hokey pokey are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian spinach |
| Notes | when Sierra is used as a proper name, upper case preferable; Brewer is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Brewers is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. occidentalis S. Watson; Urtica holosericea Nutt.; Urtica breweri S. Watson |
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