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 | Panicum acuminatum var. lindheimeri |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | panicum; panic; panic-grass; panic grass; panicgrass; panick-grass; panick grass; panickgrass |
| Species common name(s) | acuminate panicum; acuminate dichanthelium; acuminate panic-grass; acuminate panic grass; acuminate panicgrass; tapered panic-grass; tapered panic grass; tapered panicgrass; tapered rosette-grass; tapered rosette grass; tapered witch-grass; tapered witch grass; tapered witchgrass; pointed panicgrass; bundle panicgrass; bundle panic; hot-springs millet; hot springs millet |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | hairy panicum, hairy panicgrass, hairy panic-grass, hairy panic grass, woolly panicum, woolly panicgrass, woolly panic-grass, woolly panic grass, wooly panic grass, tufted panicgrass, tufted panic-grass, tufted panic grass, western witchgrass, western witch-grass, western witch grass applied to multiple Panicum s.l. taxa; millet, ticklegrass, tickle-grass, tickle grass, tumble-grass, tumble grass, tumblegrass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; rosette-grass, rosette grass, rosettegrass, rosette panicgrass are applied to Dichanthelium as a whole; western panicum, western panicgrass, western panic-grass, western panic grass are most appropriately applied to Panicum occidentale (synonym of var. fasciculatum); Pacific panicum, Pacific panic grass are most appropriately applied to Panicum pacificum (synonym of var. fasciculatum); witchgrass, witch-grass, witch grass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. lindheimeri (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong; Panicum lindheimeri Nash; Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark subsp. lindheimeri (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong; Dichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A. Clark var. lindheimeri (Nash) Gould & C.A. Clark |
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