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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).





TaxonCrepis occidentalis subsp. occidentalis
groupEudicots
FamilyAsteraceae
Family common name(s)composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion
Genus common name(s)crepis; hawksbeard; hawks-beard; hawks beard; hawk's-beard; hawk's beard
Species common name(s)occidental hawk's-beard; western hawksbeard; western hawk's-beard; western hawk's beard; large-flower gray hawk's-beard; large-flowered gray hawksbeard; large-flowered hawk's-beard; large-flowered hawk's beard; large-flower hawksbeard; largeflower hawksbeard; largeflower hawks-beard; largeflower hawks beard; large-flower hawk's-beard; large-flower hawk's beard; large flower hawk's beard
 
 
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxagray hawksbeard, gray hawk's-beard, grey hawksbeard, grey hawk's-beard are more commonly applied to Crepis intermedia; small-flowered hawksbeard is more commonly applied to Crepis pulchra
 
 
 
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