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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 | Eriogonum compositum var. compositum |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Polygonaceae |
| Family common name(s) | buckwheat; smartweed; knotweed |
| Genus common name(s) | eriogonum; woolly knees; woolly knotweed; woolly knot weed; North American wild buckwheat; North American wild-buckwheat; American wild-buckwheat; American wild buckwheat; American buckwheat |
| Species common name(s) | composite eriogonum; composite buckwheat; arrow-leaved buckwheat; arrow leaved buckwheat; arrow-leaf eriogonum; arrow leaf eriogonum; arrow-leaf wild-buckwheat; arrow-leaf wild buckwheat; arrowleaf wild buckwheat; arrow-leaf buckwheat; arrow leaf buckwheat; arrowleaf buckwheat; heart-leaved eriogonum; heart-leaved wild-buckwheat; heart-leaved wild buckwheat; heart-leaved buckwheat; heart leaved buckwheat; heart-leaf buckwheat; heartleaf buckwheat; large-leaved buckwheat; large-leaf buckwheat; large leaf buckwheat; northern buckwheat; dry mountain buckwheat; twice-umbelled eriogonum |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | California buckwheat, sulphur flower, sulphur-flower, sulphurflower are applied to multiple Eriogonum taxa; buckwheat, buck-wheat, buck wheat, wild buckwheat, wild-buckwheat are applied to multiple Polygonaceae taxa; flat-top, flat top, umbrella-plant, umbrella plant, umbrellaplant are applied to taxa in multiple families |
