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 | Stipa comata var. comata |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | stipa; stipa grass; steppe-grass; steppe grass; steppegrass |
| Species common name(s) | needle-and-thread; needle and thread; needleandthread; needle-and-thread grass; needle and thread grass; needleandthread grass; needleandthreadgrass; needle & thread; needle & thread grass; needle&thread; needle & thread grass; needle&thread grass; needle-and-thread spear-grass; needle-and-thread spear grass; needle and thread spear grass; needle-and-thread speargrass; needle-and-thread porcupine-grass; needle-and-thread porcupine grass |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | short-bristle needle-and-thread, shortbristle needle and thread, short-awn porcupine grass are applied to multiple Hesperostipa taxa; western stipa, needlegrass, needle-grass, needle grass, western needle grass, western needlegrass, rice grass, rice-grass, ricegrass, false rice grass, false rice-grass, false ricegrass, spear-grass, speargrass, spear grass, western spear-grass, western speargrass, feather-grass, feather grass, feathergrass, bunch grass, bunch-grass, bunchgrass, beardgrass, beard-grass, beard grass, rabbit grass, porcupine grass, porcupine-grass, porcupinegrass, long-awned grass, long-awn grass, sand grass, sandgrass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; devil's-darning-needle, devil's darning needle, devil's-darning-needles, devil's darning needles, silk grass, silkgrass, puna grass, puna-grass, punagrass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth subsp. comata |
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