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 | Tonestus peirsonii |
group | Eudicots |
Family | Asteraceae |
Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
Genus common name(s) | tonestus; serpentweed |
Species common name(s) | Peirson's tonestus; Peirson's haplopappus; Peirson's serpentweed; Peirson's rabbitbrush; Peirson's goldenweed; Peirson tonestus; Peirson haplopappus; Peirson serpentweed; Peirson rabbitbrush; Peirson goldenweed; Inyo tonestus |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | rabbitbrush, rabbit-brush, rabbit brush are more commonly applied to Chrysothamnus; goldenweed, golden-weed, golden weed, yellowbrush, yellow-brush, yellow brush are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa |
| Notes | Peirson, Inyo are proper names, so upper case preferable; Peirsons is an error |
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Lorandersonia peirsonii (D.D. Keck) Urbatsch, R.P. Roberts & Neubig; Haplopappus peirsonii (D.D. Keck) J.T. Howell |
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