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 deflexum var. deflexum |
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) | skeletonweed wild-buckwheat; skeletonweed wild buckwheat; skeleton-weed wild-buckwheat; skeleton-weed wild buckwheat; skeletonweed buckwheat; skeleton-weed buckwheat; flat-crowned eriogonum; flat-crowned buckwheat; flat-crown wild-buckwheat; flat-crown wild buckwheat; flat crown wild buckwheat; flatcrown wild buckwheat; flat-crown buckwheat; flatcrown buckwheat; flat-topped skeleton-weed; flat-topped skeleton weed |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | flat-topped wild buckwheat, flat-topped wild-buckwheat, flat-topped buckwheat, flat topped buckwheat, flat-top wild buckwheat, flat top wild buckwheat, flattop wild buckwheat, flat-top buckwheat, flattop buckwheat, flat-crown eriogonum 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, desert skeletonweed, desert skeletonweed, skeleton-weed, skeletonweed, skeleton weed, umbrella-plant, umbrella plant, umbrellaplant are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. rectum Reveal; Eriogonum insigne S. Watson |
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