| Taxon | Stephanomeria virgata subsp. virgata |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | stephanomeria; wire-lettuce; wire lettuce; wirelettuce; wreath-plant; wreath plant; wreathplant; milk-aster; milk aster; milkaster |
| Species common name(s) | virgate stephanomeria; virgate wire-lettuce; virgate wirelettuce; virgate wreath-plant; virgate wreathplant; virgate wreath plant; rod wire-lettuce; rod wirelettuce; twiggy wreath-plant; twiggy wreathplant; twiggy wreath plant; twiggy wreath; tall milk-aster; tall milk aster; wand stephanomeria; wand wire-lettuce; wand wirelettuce; wand wire lettuce; wand chicory; wand wreathplant |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | slender stephanomeria, tall stephanomeria, tall wreath-plant, tall wreath plant are applied to multiple Stephanomeria taxa; skeleton-weed, skeletonweed, skeleton weed, stickweed, stick-weed, stick weed are applied to taxa in multiple families; California dwarf-sunflower is applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa |
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| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Stephanomeria tomentosa Greene |
